Strobilurin Type Compounds for Combating Phytopathogenic Fungi

ABSTRACT

The present invention relates to novel strobilurine type compounds, to compositions comprising at least one such compound, to methods for combating phytopathogenic fungi, to the use of such compounds and to seeds coated with at least one such compound.

The present invention relates to novel strobilurine type compounds, tocompositions comprising at least one such compound, to methods forcombating phytopathogenic fungi, to the use of such compounds and toseeds coated with at least one such compound.

WO 01/10825 A1 describes carbamate derivatives andagricultural/horticultural bactericides with fungicidal activity. WO2008/124092 A2 describes closely related carbamates as fungicides. WO2010/018676 A1 relates to oxime ether derivatives and bactericides foragricultural and horticultural use.

The compounds according to the present invention differ from thosedescribed in the abovementioned publications in that they arecharacterized by the specific group —V—C(═W)—Y—R^(Y).

Qo inhibitor fungicides, often referred to as strobilurin-typefungicides (Sauter 2007: Chapter 13.2. Strobilurins and other complexIII inhibitors. In: Kramer, W.; Schirmer, U. (Ed.)—Modern CropProtection Compounds. Volume 2. Wiley-VCH Verlag 457-495), areconventionally used to control a number of fungal pathogens in crops. Qoinhibitors typically work by inhibiting respiration by binding to aubihydroquinone oxidation center of a cytochrome bc₁ complex (electrontransport complex III) in mitochondria. Said oxidation center is locatedon the outer side of the inner mitochrondrial membrane. A prime exampleof the use of Qo inhibitors includes the use of, for example,strobilurins on wheat for the control of Septoria tritici (also known asMycosphaerella graminicola), which is the cause of wheat leaf blotch.Unfortunately, widespread use of such Qo inhibitors has resulted in theselection of mutant pathogens which are resistant to such Qo inhibitors(Gisi et al., Pest Manag Sci 56, 833-841, (2000). Resistance to Qoinhibitors has been detected in several phytopathogenic fungi such asBlumeria graminis, Mycosphaerella fijiensis, Pseudoperonspora cubensisor Venturia inaequalis. Although several resistance mechanisms have beendetected meanwhile (e.g. Jabs et al. Phytomedizin 31, 15-16 (2001);Olaya et al., Pestic Sci 54, 230-236 (1998), the major part ofresistance to Qo inhibtors in agricultural uses has been attributed topathogens containing a single amino acid residue substitution G143A inthe cytochrome b gene for their cytochrome bc₁ complex, the targetprotein of Qo inhibitors. See, for example, Lucas, Pestic Outlook 14(6),268-70 (2003); and Fraaije et al., Phytopathol 95(8), 933-41 (2005),(which both are expressly incorporated by reference herein). Thus, newmethods and compositions are desirable for controlling pathogen induceddiseases in crops comprising plants subjected to pathogens that areresistant to Qo inhibitors. Furthermore, in many cases, in particular atlow application rates, the fungicidal activity of the known fungicidalstrobilurin analogue compounds is unsatisfactory, especially in casethat a high proportion of the fungal pathogens contain a mutation in themitochondrial cytochrome b gene conferring resistance to Qo inhibitors.Based on this, it was also an object of the present invention to providecompounds having improved activity and/or a broader activity spectrumagainst phytopathogenic harmful fungi.

“Qo inhibitor,” as used herein, includes any substance that is capableof diminishing and/or inhibiting respiration by binding to aubihydroquinone oxidation center of a cytochrome bc₁ complex inmitochondria. The oxidation center is typically located on the outerside of the inner mitochrondrial membrane.

Strobilurine type compounds of formula I and the N-oxides and the saltsthereof can be used for combating phytopathogenic fungi containing amutation in the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene conferring resistance toQo inhibitors.

In many cases, in particular at low application rates, the fungicidalactivity of known fungicidal compounds is unsatisfactory. Based on this,it was an object of the present invention to provide compounds havingimproved activity and/or a broader activity spectrum againstphytopathogenic fungi. This objective is achieved by the use ofstrobilurin type compounds of formula I having good fungicidal activityagainst phytopathogenic fungi.

Accordingly, the present invention relates to compounds of the formula I

wherein:

-   R¹ is halogen, cyano, C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₁-C₆-alkoxy, C₂-C₆-alkenyl,    C₂-C₆-alkenyloxy, C₂-C₆-alkynyl, C₃-C₆-alkynyloxy, C₁-C₆-alkylthio,    C₁-C₆-alkylsulfinyl, C₁-C₆-alkylsulfonyl, C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl or    C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₄-alkyl; wherein the aliphatic and alicyclic    moieties of R¹ are unsubstituted or substituted by 1, 2, 3 or up to    the maximum number of identical or different groups R^(1a); wherein    -   R^(1a) is halogen, hydroxy, cyano, nitro, C₁-C₄-alkyl,        C₁-C₄-alkoxy, C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl, C₁-C₄-haloalkyl or        C₁-C₄-haloalkoxy;-   R² is halogen, hydroxy, cyano, C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₁-C₆-alkoxy,    C₂-C₆-alkenyl, C₂-C₆-alkenyloxy, C₂-C₆-alkynyl, C₃-C₆-alkynyloxy,    C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl or C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₄-alkyl; wherein the    aliphatic and alicyclic moieties of R² are unsubstituted or    substituted by 1, 2, 3 or up to the maximum number of identical or    different groups R^(2a); wherein    -   R^(2a) is halogen, hydroxy, cyano, nitro, C₁-C₄-alkyl,        C₁-C₄-alkoxy, C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl, C₁-C₄-haloalkyl or        C₁-C₄-haloalkoxy;-   r is 0, 1, 2 or 3;-   L is a direct bond or a divalent group selected from —OCH₂—, —CH₂—,    —CH₂CH₂—, —O—, —CH₂—O—N═C(Z)—, —O—N═C(Z)—, —C(Z)═N—O—CH₂—,    —CHZ—C(Z)═N—O—CH₂—, —O—N═C(Z)—C(Z)═N—O—CH₂—, —C(═O)—C(Z)═N—O—CH₂—    and —C(═N—O—Z)—C(Z)═N—O—CH₂—; wherein the bond depicted on the left    side of the divalent group L is attached to R³, and the bond    depicted on the right side is attached to the phenyl ring; wherein    -   Z is independently selected from hydrogen, amino, C₁-C₄-alkyl,        C₁-C₄-haloalkyl or C₁-C₆-alkoxyimino-C₁-C₄-alkyl;-   R³ is phenyl or a 5- or 6-membered aromatic heterocycle, wherein the    ring member atoms of the heterocycle include besides carbon atoms 1,    2, 3 or 4 heteroatoms independently selected from N, O and S;    wherein the cyclic groups R³ are unsubstituted or substituted by 1,    2, 3, 4 or up to the maximum possible number of identical or    different groups R^(3a); wherein    -   R^(3a) is amino, halogen, hydroxy, nitro, cyano, carboxyl,        C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₂-C₆-alkenyl, C₂-C₆-alkynyl, C₁-C₆-alkoxy,        C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl, C₃-C₆-cycloalkenyl, C₂-C₆-alkenyloxy,        C₃-C₆-alkynyloxy, C₁-C₆-alkoxyimino-C₁-C₄-alkyl,        C₂-C₆-alkenyloxyimino-C₁-C₄-alkyl,        C₃-C₆-alkynyloxyimino-C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₁-C₆-alkylamino,        C(═O)—(C₁-C₆-alkyl), C(═O)—(C₁-C₆-alkoxy), phenyl, naphthyl or a        3- to 10-membered saturated, partially unsaturated or aromatic        mono- or bicyclic heterocycle, wherein the ring member atoms of        the heterocycle include besides carbon atoms 1, 2, 3 or 4        heteroatoms independently selected from N, O and S as ring        member atoms; and wherein 1 or 2 carbon ring member atoms of the        carbo- and heterocycle may be replaced by 1 or 2 groups        independently selected from C(═O) and C(═S); and wherein the        aforementioned phenyl and heterocycle groups R^(3a) are attached        to R³ via a direct bond, an oxygen or sulfur atom, the latter        two atoms forming a linker between said residues; and wherein        the aliphatic or cyclic groups R^(3a) are unsubstituted or        substituted by 1, 2 or 3 or up to the maximum possible number of        identical or different groups R^(3b); wherein        -   R^(3b) is halogen, hydroxy, nitro, cyano, carboxyl,            C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₁-C₆-alkoxy, C₂-C₆-alkenyl, C₂-C₆-alkenyloxy,            C₂-C₆-alkynyl, C₃-C₆-alkynyloxy,            C₁-C₆-alkoxyimino-C₁-C₄-alkyl,            C₂-C₆-alkenyloxyimino-C₁-C₄-alkyl,            C₃-C₆-alkynyloxyimino-C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₁-C₆-alkylthio,            C₁-C₆-alkylsulfinyl,        -   C₁-C₆-alkylsulfonyl, C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl, C₃-C₆-cycloalkenyl,            phenyl or a 5- or 6-membered saturated, partially            unsaturated or aromatic heterocycle; wherein the ring member            atoms of the heterocycle include besides carbon atoms 1, 2            or 3 heteroatoms independently selected from N, O and S as            ring member atoms; and wherein 1 or 2 carbon ring member            atoms of the carbo- and heterocycle may be replaced by 1 or            2 groups independently selected from C(═O) and C(═S); and            wherein the aforementioned cyclic groups R^(3b) are attached            to R^(3a) via a direct bond, an oxygen or sulfur atom, the            latter two atoms forming a linker between said residues; and            wherein the aliphatic or cyclic groups R^(3b) are            unsubstituted or substituted by 1, 2 or 3 or up to the            maximum possible number of identical or different groups            selected from halogen, C₁-C₆-alkyl and C₁-C₆-haloalkyl;-   Q is a divalent group selected from —(NQ^(a))- and —(CQ^(b)Q^(c))-;    wherein    -   Q^(a) is hydrogen, C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₁-C₆-alkoxy, C₂-C₆-alkenyl,        C₂-C₆-alkenyloxy, C₂-C₆-alkynyloxy, C₂-C₆-alkynyl,        C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl, phenyl-C₁-C₄-alkyl, heteroaryl-C₁-C₄-alkyl or        C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₄-alkyl; wherein the aliphatic, alicyclic        and aromatic moieties of Q^(a) are unsubstituted or substituted        by 1, 2, 3 or up to the maximum number of identical or different        groups selected from halogen, hydroxy, cyano, nitro,        C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₁-C₄-alkoxy, C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl, C₁-C₄-haloalkyl and        C₁-C₄-haloalkoxy;-   Q^(b), Q^(c) are independently selected from hydrogen, halogen,    cyano, C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₁-C₆-alkoxy, C₂-C₆-alkenyl, C₂-C₆-alkenyloxy,    C₂-C₆-alkynyloxy, C₂-C₆-alkynyl, C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl and    C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₄-alkyl; wherein the aliphatic and alicyclic    moieties of Q^(b) and/or Q^(c) are unsubstituted or substituted by    1, 2, 3 or up to the maximum number of identical or different groups    selected from halogen, hydroxy, cyano, nitro, C₁-C₄-alkyl,    C₁-C₄-alkoxy, C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl, C₁-C₄-haloalkyl and    C₁-C₄-haloalkoxy; or-   Q^(b) and Q^(c) together with the carbon atom to which they are    bound form a saturated or partially unsaturated 3-, 4-, 5-, 6- or    7-membered carbocycle or a saturated or partially unsaturated 3-,    4-, 5-, 6- or 7-membered heterocycle, wherein the heterocycle    includes beside carbon atoms 1, 2, 3 or 4 heteroatoms independently    selected from N, O and S as ring member atoms; and wherein 1 or 2    carbon ring member atoms of the carbo- and heterocycle may be    replaced by 1 or 2 groups independently selected from C(═O) and    C(═S); and wherein the carbo- and heterocycle are unsubstituted or    substituted by 1, 2, 3 or 4 identical or different groups selected    from halogen, hydroxy, cyano, nitro, C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₁-C₄-alkoxy,    C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl, C₁-C₄-haloalkyl and C₁-C₄-haloalkoxy;-   Y is a divalent group selected from —O—, —S— and —(NY^(a))—; wherein    -   Y^(a) is hydrogen, C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₁-C₆-alkoxy, C₂-C₆-alkenyl,        C₂-C₆-alkenyloxy, C₂-C₆-alkynyl, C₃-C₆-alkynyloxy,        C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl or C₃-C₆-cycloalkoxy; wherein the aliphatic and        alicyclic moieties of Y^(a) are unsubstituted or substituted by        1, 2, 3 or up to the maximum number of identical or different        groups selected from hydrogen, halogen, cyano, nitro,        C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₁-C₄-alkoxy, C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl, C₁-C₄-haloalkyl and        C₁-C₄-haloalkoxy;-   R^(Y) is hydrogen, C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₂-C₆-alkenyl, C₂-C₆-alkynyl,    C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl, phenyl-C₁-C₄-alkyl or heteroaryl-C₁-C₄-alkyl;    wherein the aliphatic, alicyclic and aromatic moieties of R^(Y) are    unsubstituted or substituted by 1, 2, 3 or up to the maximum number    of identical or different groups selected from hydrogen, halogen,    cyano, nitro, C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₁-C₄-alkoxy, C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl,    C₁-C₄-haloalkyl and C₁-C₄-haloalkoxy;-   W is O or S;-   V is a divalent group —O—;    and the N-oxides and the agriculturally acceptable salts thereof.

The present invention also relates to methods for combatingphytopathogenic fungi, which process comprises treating the fungi or thematerials, plants, the soil or seeds to be protected against fungalattack, with an effective amount of at least one compound of formula Ior of an N-oxide or an agriculturally acceptable salt thereof.

The present invention also provides a use of compounds of the formula Iand/or their agriculturally useful salts for controlling phytopathogenicfungi. The invention further provides compositions comprising thesecompounds I and/or their agriculturally acceptable salts. The presentinvention also relates to seeds treated with at least one such compoundor seeds comprising at least one such compound.

Agriculturally useful salts of the compounds I encompass especially thesalts of those cations or the acid addition salts of those acids whosecations and anions, respectively, have no adverse effect on thefungicidal action of the compounds I. Suitable cations are thus inparticular the ions of the alkali metals, preferably sodium andpotassium, of the alkaline earth metals, preferably calcium, magnesiumand barium, of the transition metals, preferably manganese, copper, zincand iron, and also the ammonium ion which, if desired, may carry one tofour C₁-C₄-alkyl substituents and/or one phenyl or benzyl substituent,preferably diisopropylammonium, tetramethylammonium, tetrabutylammonium,trimethylbenzylammonium, furthermore phosphonium ions, sulfonium ions,preferably tri(C₁-C₄-alkyl)sulfonium, and sulfoxonium ions, preferablytri(C₁-C₄-alkyl)sulfoxonium.

Anions of useful acid addition salts are primarily chloride, bromide,fluoride, hydrogensulfate, sulfate, dihydrogenphosphate,hydrogenphosphate, phosphate, nitrate, bicarbonate, carbonate,hexafluorosilicate, hexafluorophosphate, benzoate, and the anions ofC₁-C₄-alkanoic acids, preferably formate, acetate, propionate andbutyrate. They can be formed by reacting a compound I with an acid ofthe corresponding anion, preferably of hydrochloric acid, hydrobromicacid, sulfuric acid, phosphoric acid or nitric acid.

Compounds I can exist as one or more stereoisomers. The variousstereoisomers include enantiomers, diastereomers, atropisomers arisingfrom restricted rotation about a single bond of asymmetric groups andgeometric isomers. One skilled in the art will appreciate that onestereoisomer may be more active and/or may exhibit beneficial effectswhen enriched relative to the other stereoisomer(s) or when separatedfrom the other stereoisomer(s). Additionally, the skilled artisan knowshow to separate, enrich, and/or to selectively prepare saidstereoisomers. The compounds of the invention may be present as amixture of stereoisomers, e.g. a racemate, individual stereoisomers, oras an optically active form.

Compounds I can be present in different crystal modifications whosebiological activity may differ. They also form part of the subjectmatter of the present invention. The compounds of formula I can bepresent in atropisomers arising from restricted rotation about a singlebond of asymmetric groups. They also form part of the subject matter ofthe present invention.

In respect of the variables, the embodiments of the intermediatesobtained during preparation of compounds I correspond to the embodimentsof the compounds of formula I. The term “compounds I” refers tocompounds of formula I.

In the definitions of the variables given above, collective terms areused which are generally representative for the substituents inquestion. The term “C_(n)-C_(m)” indicates the number of carbon atomspossible in each case in the substituent or substituent moiety inquestion.

The term “halogen” refers to fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine.

The term “C₁-C₆-alkyl” refers to a straight-chained or branchedsaturated hydrocarbon group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, for examplemethyl, ethyl, propyl, pentyl, hexyl, 1-methylethyl, butyl,1-methylpropyl, 2-methylpropyl, and 1,1-dimethylethyl. The term“C₁-C₄-alkyl” refers to a straight-chained or branched saturatedhydrocarbon group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, for example methyl, ethyl,propyl, butyl, 1-methylethyl, 1-methylpropyl, 2-methylpropyl, and1,1-dimethylethyl.

The term “C₁-C₆-haloalkyl” refers to a straight-chained or branchedalkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms (as defined above), wherein someor all of the hydrogen atoms in these groups may be replaced by halogenatoms as mentioned above, for example chloromethyl, bromomethyl,dichloromethyl, trichloromethyl, fluoromethyl, difluoromethyl,trifluoromethyl, chlorofluoromethyl, dichlorofluoromethyl,chlorodifluoromethyl, 1-chloroethyl, 1-bromoethyl, 1-fluoroethyl,2-fluoroethyl, 2,2-difluoroethyl, 2,2,2-trifluoroethyl,2-chloro-2-fluoroethyl, 2-chloro-2,2-difluoroethyl,2,2-dichloro-2-fluoroethyl, 2,2,2-trichloroethyl and pentafluoroethyl,2-fluoropropyl, 3-fluoropropyl, 2,2-difluoropropyl, 2,3-difluoropropyl,2-chloropropyl, 3-chloropropyl, 2,3-dichloropropyl, 2-bromopropyl,3-bromopropyl, 3,3,3-trifluoropropyl, 3,3,3-trichloropropyl, CH₂—C₂F₅,CF₂—C₂F₅, CF(CF₃)₂, 1-(fluoromethyl)-2-fluoroethyl,1-(chloromethyl)-2-chloroethyl, 1-(bromomethyl)-2-bromoethyl,4-fluorobutyl, 4-chlorobutyl, 4-bromobutyl or nonafluorobutyl. The term“C₁-C₄-haloalkyl” refers to a straight-chained or branched alkyl grouphaving 1 to 4 carbon atoms (as defined above), wherein some or all ofthe hydrogen atoms in these groups may be replaced by halogen atoms asmentioned above. Representative examples of C₁-C₄-haloalkyl are givenabove for the C₁-C₆-haloalkyl compounds.

The term “C₁-C₆-alkoxy” refers to a straight-chain or branched alkylgroup having 1 to 6 carbon atoms (as defined above) which is bonded viaan oxygen, at any position in the alkyl group, for example methoxy,ethoxy, n-propoxy, 1-methylethoxy, butoxy, 1-methylpropoxy,2-methylpropoxy or 1,1-dimethylethoxy. The term “C₁-C₄-alkoxy” refers toa straight-chain or branched alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms (asdefined above) which is bonded via an oxygen, at any position in thealkyl group, for example methoxy, ethoxy, n-propoxy, 1-methylethoxy,butoxy, 1-methylpropoxy, 2-methylpropoxy or 1,1-dimethylethoxy.

The term “C₂-C₆-alkenyloxy” refers to a straight-chain or branchedalkenyl group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms (as defined above) which isbonded via an oxygen, at any position in the alkenyl group.

The term “C₂-C₆-alkynyloxy” refers to a straight-chain or branchedalkynyl group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms (as defined above) which isbonded via an oxygen, at any position in the alkynyl group. The term“C₃-C₆-alkynyloxy” refers to a straight-chain or branched alkynyl grouphaving 3 to 6 carbon atoms (as defined above) which is bonded via anoxygen, at any position in the alkynyl group.

The term “C₁-C₆-haloalkoxy” refers to a C₁-C₆-alkoxy group as definedabove, wherein some or all of the hydrogen atoms may be replaced byhalogen atoms as mentioned above, for example, OCH₂F, OCHF₂, OCF₃,OCH₂Cl, OCHCl₂, OCCl₃, chlorofluoromethoxy, dichlorofluoromethoxy,chlorodifluoromethoxy, 2-fluoroethoxy, 2-chloroethoxy, 2-bromoethoxy,2-iodoethoxy, 2,2-difluoroethoxy, 2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy,2-chloro-2-fluoroethoxy, 2-chloro-2,2-difluoroethoxy,2,2-dichloro-2-fluoroethoxy, 2,2,2-trichloroethoxy, OC₂F₅,2-fluoropropoxy, 3-fluoropropoxy, 2,2-difluoropropoxy,2,3-difluoropropoxy, 2-chloropropoxy, 3-chloropropoxy,2,3-dichloropropoxy, 2-bromopropoxy, 3-bromopropoxy,3,3,3-trifluoropropoxy, 3,3,3-trichloropropoxy, OCH₂—C₂F₅, OCF₂—C₂F₅,1-(CH₂F)-2-fluoroethoxy, 1-(CH₂Cl)-2-chloroethoxy,1-(CH₂Br)-2-bromo-ethoxy, 4-fluorobutoxy, 4-chlorobutoxy, 4-bromobutoxyor nonafluorobutoxy. The term “C₁-C₄-haloalkoxy” refers to aC₁-C₄-alkoxy group as defined above, wherein some or all of the hydrogenatoms may be replaced by halogen atoms as mentioned above.Representative examples of C₁-C₄-haloalkoxy are given above for theC₁-C₆-haloalkoxy compounds.

The terms “phenyl-C₁-C₄-alkyl” or “heteroaryl-C₁-C₄-alkyl” refer toalkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms (as defined above), wherein onehydrogen atom of the alkyl radical is replaced by a phenyl or anaromatic, heterocyclic radical, respectively.

The term “C₁-C₄-alkoxy-C₁-C₄-alkyl” refers to alkyl having 1 to 4 carbonatoms (as defined above), wherein one hydrogen atom of the alkyl radicalis replaced by a C₁-C₄-alkoxy group (as defined above). Likewise, theterm “C₁-C₆-alkoxy-C₁-C₄-alkyl” refers to alkyl having 1 to 6 carbonatoms (as defined above), wherein one hydrogen atom of the alkyl radicalis replaced by a C₁-C₆-alkoxy group (as defined above).

The term “C₁-C₆-alkylthio” as used herein refers to straight-chain orbranched alkyl groups having 1 to 6 carbon atoms (as defined above)bonded via a sulfur atom. Accordingly, the term “C₁-C₆-haloalkylthio” asused herein refers to straight-chain or branched haloalkyl group having1 to 6 carbon atoms (as defined above) bonded through a sulfur atom, atany position in the haloalkyl group.

The term “C₁-C₆-alkylsulfinyl” refers to straight-chain or branchedalkyl groups having 1 to 6 carbon atoms (as defined above) bondedthrough a —S(═O)— moiety, at any position in the alkyl group, forexample methylsulfinyl and ethylsulfinyl, and the like. Accordingly, theterm “C₁-C₆-haloalkylsulfinyl” refers to straight-chain or branchedhaloalkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms (as defined above), bondedthrough a —S(═O)— moiety, at any position in the haloalkyl group.

The term “C₁-C₆-alkylsulfonyl” refers to straight-chain or branchedalkyl groups having 1 to 6 carbon atoms (as defined above), bondedthrough a —S(═O)₂— moiety, at any position in the alkyl group, forexample methylsulfonyl. Accordingly, the term “C₁-C₆-haloalkylsulfonyl”refers to straight-chain or branched haloalkyl group having 1 to 6carbon atoms (as defined above), bonded through a —S(═O)₂— moiety, atany position in the haloalkyl group.

The term “C₁-C₆-alkylamino” as used herein refers to a straight-chain orbranched alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms (as defined above)bonded via an NH-group.

The term “C₂-C₆-alkenyl” refers to a straight-chain or branchedunsaturated hydrocarbon radical having 2 to 6 carbon atoms and a doublebond in any position, such as ethenyl, 1-propenyl, 2-propenyl (allyl),1-methylethenyl, 1-butenyl, 2-butenyl, 3-butenyl, 1-methyl-1-propenyl,2-methyl-1-propenyl, 1-methyl-2-propenyl, 2-methyl-2-propenyl.

The term “C₂-C₆-alkynyl” refers to a straight-chain or branchedunsaturated hydrocarbon radical having 2 to 6 carbon atoms andcontaining at least one triple bond, such as ethynyl, 1-propynyl,2-propynyl (propargyl), 1-butynyl, 2-butynyl, 3-butynyl,1-methyl-2-propynyl. The term “C₃-C₆-alkynyl” refers to a straight-chainor branched unsaturated hydrocarbon radical having 3 to 6 carbon atomsand containing at least one triple bond, such as 1-propynyl, 2-propynyl(propargyl), 1-butynyl, 2-butynyl, 3-butynyl, 1-methyl-2-propynyl.

The term “C₃-C₈-cycloalkyl” refers to monocyclic saturated hydrocarbonradicals having 3 to 8 carbon ring members such as cyclopropyl (C₃H₅),cyclobutyl, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl, cycloheptyl or cyclooctyl. The term“C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl” refers to monocyclic saturated hydrocarbon radicalshaving 3 to 6 carbon ring members such as cyclopropyl (C₃H₅),cyclobutyl, cyclopentyl, or cyclohexyl.

The term “C₃-C₈-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₄-alkyl” refers to a cycloalkyl radicalhaving 3 to 8 carbon atoms (as defined above), which is bonded via aC₁-C₄-alkyl group as defined above. The term“C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₄-alkyl” refers to a cycloalkyl radical having 3to 6 carbon atoms (as defined above), which is bonded via a C₁-C₄-alkylgroup as defined above.

The term “C₃-C₈-cycloalkyloxy” refers to a cycloalkyl radical having 3to 8 carbon atoms (as defined above), which is bonded via an oxygen.

The term “C(═O)—(C₁-C₄-alkyl)” refers to a radical which is attachedthrough the carbon atom of the C(═O) group as indicated by the numbervalence of the carbon atom.

The term “C₁-C₆-alkoxyimino-C₁-C₄-alkyl” refers to a radical which isattached through a carbon atom of the C₁-C₄-alkyl chain, wherein one—CH₂— group is replaced by a —C(═N—O—(C₁-C₆-alkoxy))-group. Likewise theterms C₂-C₆-alkenyloxyimino-C₁-C₄-alkyl andC₃-C₆-alkynyloxyimino-C₁-C₄-alkyl are to be construed.

The term “saturated or partially unsaturated 3-, 4-, 5-, 6- or7-membered carbocycle” is to be understood as meaning both saturated orpartially unsaturated carbocycles having 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7 ring members.Examples include cyclopropyl, cyclobutyl, cyclobutenyl, cyclopentyl,cyclopentenyl, cyclopentadienyl, cyclohexyl, cyclohexenyl,cyclohexadienyl, cycloheptyl, cycloheptenyl, cycloheptadienyl, and thelike.

The term “saturated or partially unsaturated 3-, 4-, 5-, 6-, or7-membered heterocycle, wherein the ring member atoms of the heterocycleinclude besides carbon atoms 1, 2, 3 or 4 heteroatoms independentlyselected from the group of N, O and S”, is to be understood as meaningboth saturated and partially unsaturated heterocycles, for example:

-   -   a 3- or 4-membered saturated heterocycle which contains 1 or 2        heteroatoms independently selected from the group consisting of        N, O and S as ring members such as oxirane, aziridine, thiirane,        oxetane, azetidine, thiethane, [1,2]dioxetane, [1,2]dithietane,        [1,2]diazetidine; and    -   a 5- or 6-membered saturated or partially unsaturated        heterocycle which contains 1, 2 or 3 heteroatoms independently        selected from the group consisting of N, O and S as ring members        such as 2-tetrahydrofuranyl, 3-tetrahydrofuranyl,        2-tetrahydrothienyl, 3-tetrahydrothienyl, 2-pyrrolidinyl,        3-pyrrolidinyl, 3-isoxazolidinyl, 4-isoxazolidinyl,        5-isoxazolidinyl, 3-isothiazolidinyl, 4-isothiazolidinyl,        5-isothiazolidinyl, 3-pyrazolidinyl, 4-pyrazolidinyl,        5-pyrazolidinyl, 2-oxazolidinyl, 4-oxazolidinyl, 5-oxazolidinyl,        2-thiazolidinyl, 4-thiazolidinyl, 5-thiazolidinyl,        2-imidazolidinyl, 4-imidazolidinyl, 1,2,4-oxadiazolidin-3-yl,        1,2,4-oxadiazolidin-5-yl, 1,2,4-thiadiazolidin-3-yl,        1,2,4-thiadiazolidin-5-yl, 1,2,4-triazolidin-3-yl,        1,3,4-oxadiazolidin-2-yl, 1,3,4-thiadiazolidin-2-yl,        1,3,4-triazolidin-2-yl, 2,3-dihydrofur-2-yl,        2,3-dihydrofur-3-yl, 2,4-dihydrofur-2-yl, 2,4-dihydrofur-3-yl,        2,3-dihydrothien-2-yl, 2,3-dihydrothien-3-yl,        2,4-dihydrothien-2-yl, 2,4-dihydrothien-3-yl, 2-pyrrolin-2-yl,        2-pyrrolin-3-yl, 3-pyrrolin-2-yl, 3-pyrrolin-3-yl,        2-isoxazolin-3-yl, 3-isoxazolin-3-yl, 4-isoxazolin-3-yl,        2-isoxazolin-4-yl, 3-isoxazolin-4-yl, 4-isoxazolin-4-yl,        2-isoxazolin-5-yl, 3-isoxazolin-5-yl, 4-isoxazolin-5-yl,        2-isothiazolin-3-yl, 3-isothiazolin-3-yl, 4-isothiazolin-3-yl,        2-isothiazolin-4-yl, 3-isothiazolin-4-yl, 4-isothiazolin-4-yl,        2-isothiazolin-5-yl, 3-isothiazolin-5-yl, 4-isothiazolin-5-yl,        2,3-dihydropyrazol-1-yl, 2,3-dihydropyrazol-2-yl,        2,3-dihydropyrazol-3-yl, 2,3-dihydropyrazol-4-yl,        2,3-dihydropyrazol-5-yl, 3,4-dihydropyrazol-1-yl,        3,4-dihydropyrazol-3-yl, 3,4-dihydropyrazol-4-yl,        3,4-dihydropyrazol-5-yl, 4,5-dihydropyrazol-1-yl,        4,5-dihydropyrazol-3-yl, 4,5-dihydropyrazol-4-yl,        4,5-dihydropyrazol-5-yl, 2,3-dihydrooxazol-2-yl,        2,3-dihydrooxazol-3-yl, 2,3-dihydrooxazol-4-yl,        2,3-dihydrooxazol-5-yl, 3,4-dihydrooxazol-2-yl,        3,4-dihydrooxazol-3-yl, 3,4-dihydrooxazol-4-yl,        3,4-dihydrooxazol-5-yl, 3,4-dihydrooxazol-2-yl,        3,4-dihydrooxazol-3-yl, 3,4-dihydrooxazol-4-yl, 2-piperidinyl,        3-piperidinyl, 4-piperidinyl, 1,3-dioxan-5-yl,        2-tetrahydropyranyl, 4-tetrahydropyranyl, 2-tetrahydrothienyl,        3-hexahydropyridazinyl, 4-hexahydropyridazinyl,        2-hexahydropyrimidinyl, 4-hexahydropyrimidinyl,        5-hexahydropyrimidinyl, 2-piperazinyl,        1,3,5-hexahydrotriazin-2-yl and 1,2,4-hexahydrotriazin-3-yl and        also the corresponding -ylidene radicals; and    -   a 7-membered saturated or partially unsaturated heterocycle such        as tetra- and hexahydroazepinyl, such as        2,3,4,5-tetrahydro[1H]azepin-1-, -2-, -3-, -4-, -5-, -6- or        -7-yl, 3,4,5,6-tetrahydro[2H]azepin-2-, -3-, -4-, -5-, -6- or        -7-yl, 2,3,4,7-tetrahydro[1H]azepin-1-, -2-, -3-, -4-, -5-, -6-        or -7-yl, 2,3,6,7-tetrahydro[1H]azepin-1-, -2-, -3-, -4-, -5-,        -6- or -7-yl, hexahydroazepin-1-, -2-, -3- or -4-yl, tetra- and        hexahydrooxepinyl such as 2,3,4,5-tetrahydro[1H]oxepin-2-, -3-,        -4-, -5-, -6- or -7-yl, 2,3,4,7-tetrahydro[1H]oxepin-2-, -3-,        -4-, -5-, -6- or -7-yl, 2,3,6,7-tetrahydro[1H]oxepin-2-, -3-,        -4-, -5-, -6- or -7-yl, hexahydroazepin-1-, -2-, -3- or -4-yl,        tetra- and hexahydro-1,3-diazepinyl, tetra- and        hexahydro-1,4-diazepinyl, tetra- and hexahydro-1,3-oxazepinyl,        tetra- and hexahydro-1,4-oxazepinyl, tetra- and        hexahydro-1,3-dioxepinyl, tetra- and hexahydro-1,4-dioxepinyl        and the corresponding -ylidene radicals; and

The term “5- or 6-membered heteroaryl” or the term “5- or 6 memberedaromatic heterocycle” (also referred to as aromatic, heterocyclicradical) refers to aromatic ring systems including besides carbon atoms,1, 2, 3 or 4 heteroatoms independently selected from the groupconsisting of N, O and S, for example,

-   -   a 5-membered heteroaryl such as pyrrol-1-yl, pyrrol-2-yl,        pyrrol-3-yl, thien-2-yl, thien-3-yl, furan-2-yl, furan-3-yl,        pyrazol-1-yl, pyrazol-3-yl, pyrazol-4-yl, pyrazol-5-yl,        imidazol-1-yl, imidazol-2-yl, imidazol-4-yl, imidazol-5-yl,        oxazol-2-yl, oxazol-4-yl, oxazol-5-yl, isoxazol-3-yl,        isoxazol-4-yl, isoxazol-5-yl, thiazol-2-yl, thiazol-4-yl,        thiazol-5-yl, isothiazol-3-yl, isothiazol-4-yl, isothiazol-5-yl,        1,2,4-triazolyl-1-yl, 1,2,4-triazol-3-yl 1,2,4-triazol-5-yl,        1,2,4-oxadiazol-3-yl, 1,2,4-oxadiazol-5-yl and        1,2,4-thiadiazol-3-yl, 1,2,4-thiadiazol-5-yl; or    -   a 6-membered heteroaryl, such as pyridin-2-yl, pyridin-3-yl,        pyridin-4-yl, pyridazin-3-yl, pyridazin-4-yl, pyrimidin-2-yl,        pyrimidin-4-yl, pyrimidin-5-yl, pyrazin-2-yl and        1,3,5-triazin-2-yl and 1,2,4-triazin-3-yl.

The term “3- to 10-membered saturated, partially unsaturated or aromaticmono- or bicyclic heterocycle”, refers to a saturated, partiallyunsaturated or aromatic” monocyclic or bicyclic ring system, wherein thering member atoms of the heterocycle include besides carbon atomscontain 1, 2, 3 or 4 heteroatoms independently selected from N, O and Sas ring member atoms; and wherein 1 or 2 carbon ring member atoms of thecarbo- and heterocycle may be replaced by 1 or 2 groups independentlyselected from C(═O) and C(═S). The “3- to 10-membered saturated,partially unsaturated or aromatic mono- or bicyclic heterocycle” alsoincludes monocyclic 5- or 6-membered saturated, partially unsaturated oraromatic systems, which are fused to a benzo ring system such as inbenzodioxole, benzodiazole, benzothiazole, indole, indazole,benzimidazole, benzoxazole, and the like.

In respect of the the variables, the embodiments of the intermediatescorrespond to the embodiments of the compounds I.

Preference is given to those compounds I and where applicable also tocompounds of all sub-formulae provided herein, e.g. formulae I.A, I.B,I.C and I.D, and to the intermediates such as compounds II and Ill,wherein the substituents and variables (such as R¹, R², R³, R^(1a),R^(2a), R^(3a), R^(3b), L, r, Y, R^(Y), W, Q, Q^(a), Q^(b), Q^(c)) haveindependently of each other or more preferably in combination (anypossible combination of 2 or more substituents as defined herein) thefollowing meanings:

R¹ according to the invention is halogen, cyano, C₁-C₆-alkyl,C₁-C₆-alkoxy, C₂-C₆-alkenyl, C₂-C₆-alkenyloxy, C₂-C₆-alkynyl,C₃-C₆-alkynyloxy, C₁-C₆-alkylthio, C₁-C₆-alkylsulfinyl,C₁-C₆-alkylsulfonyl, C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl or C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₄-alkyl;wherein the aliphatic and alicyclic moieties of R¹ are unsubstituted orsubstituted by 1, 2, 3 or up to the maximum number of identical ordifferent groups R^(1a) as defined or preferably defined below; inparticular R^(1a) is F or Cl.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention R¹ is halogen, cyano,C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₁-C₆-alkoxy, C₂-C₆-alkenyl, C₂-C₆-alkynyl; wherein thealiphatic and alicyclic moieties of R¹ are unsubstituted or substitutedby 1, 2, 3 or up to the maximum number of identical or different groupsR^(1a) as defined or preferably defined below; in particular R^(1a) is For Cl. In another preferred embodiment R¹ is halogen, cyano,C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₁-C₆-alkoxy, C₁-C₆-haloalkyl, C₁-C₆-haloalkoxy,C₂-C₆-alkenyl or C₂-C₆-alkynyl. In another preferred embodiment R¹ isCH₃, CH₂CH₃, OCH₃, OCH₂CH₃, CF₃, CHF₂, OCF₃, OCHF₂, SCF₃, cyano, Cl, For Br. In a further embodiment R¹ is F, Cl, Br, CH₃ or OCH₃. In afurther embodiment R¹ is F, Cl, cyano, CH₃ or OCH₃; in particular F orCl.

R^(1a) according to the invention is halogen, hydroxy, cyano, nitro,C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₁-C₄-alkoxy, C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl, C₁-C₄-haloalkyl orC₁-C₄-haloalkoxy. In a preferred embodiment of the invention R^(1a) ishalogen, C₁-C₄-alkyl or C₁-C₄-alkoxy; more preferably R^(1a) is halogen,in particular F or Cl.

R² according to the invention is halogen, hydroxy, cyano, C₁-C₆-alkyl,C₁-C₆-alkoxy, C₂-C₆-alkenyl, C₂-C₆-alkenyloxy, C₂-C₆-alkynyl,C₃-C₆-alkynyloxy, C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl or C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₄-alkyl;wherein the aliphatic and alicyclic moieties of R² are unsubstituted orsubstituted by 1, 2, 3 or up to the maximum number of identical ordifferent groups R^(2a) as defined or preferably defined below; inparticular R^(2a) is F or Cl. In a preferred embodiment of the inventionR² is halogen, cyano, C₁-C₆-alkyl or C₁-C₆-alkoxy; wherein the aliphaticand alicyclic moieties of R² are unsubstituted or substituted by 1, 2, 3or up to the maximum number of identical or different groups R^(2a) asdefined or preferably defined below; in particular R^(2a) is F or Cl.

In another preferred embodiment R² is CH₃, CH₂CH₃, OCH₃, OCH₂CH₃, CF₃,CHF₂, OCF₃, OCHF₂, cyano, Cl, F or Br. In a further embodiment R¹ is F,Cl, cyano, CH₃ or OCH₃; in particular F or Cl.

R^(2a) according to the invention is halogen, hydroxy, cyano, nitro,C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₁-C₄-alkoxy, C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl, C₁-C₄-haloalkyl orC₁-C₄-haloalkoxy. In a preferred embodiment of the invention R^(2a) ishalogen, C₁-C₄-alkyl or C₁-C₄-alkoxy; more preferably R^(2a) is halogen,in particular Cl or F.

According to the invention r is 0, 1, 2 or 3. In one embodiment of theinvention r is 0, 1 or 2. In another embodiment of the invention r is 0or 1. In yet another embodiment of the invention r is 1 or 2. In apreferred embodiment of the invention r is 0. In a further preferredembodiment of the invention r is 1. In still another preferredembodiment of the invention r is 2.

L according to the invention is a direct bond or a divalent groupselected from —OCH₂—, —CH₂—, —CH₂CH₂—, —O—, —CH₂—O—N═C(Z)—, —O—N═C(Z)—,—C(Z)═N—O—CH₂—, —CHZ—C(Z)═N—O—CH₂—, —O—N═C(Z)—C(Z)═N—O—CH₂—,—C(═O)—C(Z)═N—O—CH₂— and —C(═N—O—Z)—C(Z)═N—O—CH₂—; wherein the bonddepicted on the left side of the divalent group L is attached to R³ andthe bond depicted on the right side is attached to the phenyl ring;wherein Z is as defined or preferably defined below; in particular Z isindependently selected from hydrogen and CH₃.

In one embodiment of the invention L is a divalent group selected from—OCH₂—, —CH₂— and —CH₂CH₂—, wherein the bond depicted on the left sideof the group —OCH₂— is attached to R³ and the bond depicted on the rightside is attached to the phenyl ring. In a preferred embodiment of theinvention L is —OCH₂— or —CH₂—, in particular —OCH₂—.

In another aspect of the invention L is —CH₂—O—N═C(Z)— or —O—N═C(Z)—;wherein Z is as defined or preferably defined below; in particular Z isindependently selected from hydrogen and CH₃. In one preferredembodiment L is —CH₂—O—N═C(Z)—; wherein Z is as defined or preferablydefined below. In another preferred embodiment L is —O—N═C(Z)—; whereinZ is as defined or preferably defined below; in particular Z isindependently selected from hydrogen and CH₃.

In a further aspect of the invention L is —C(Z)═N—O—CH₂— or—CHZ—C(Z)═N—O—CH₂—; wherein Z is as defined or preferably defined below;in particular Z is independently selected from hydrogen and CH₃.

In still another aspect of the invention L is —O—N═C(Z)—C(Z)═N—O—CH₂—,—C(═O)—C(Z)═N—O—CH₂— or —C(═N—O—Z)—C(Z)═N—O—CH₂—; wherein Z is asdefined or preferably defined below; in particular Z is independentlyselected from hydrogen and CH₃.

Z according to the invention is independently selected from hydrogen,amino, C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₁-C₄-haloalkyl and C₁-C₆-alkoxyimino-C₁-C₄-alkyl.In a preferred aspect Z is independently selected from hydrogen,C₁-C₄-alkyl and C₁-C₆-alkoxyimino-C₁-C₄-alkyl, in particular fromhydrogen and CH₃.

R³ according to the invention is phenyl or a 5- or 6-membered aromaticheterocycle, wherein the ring member atoms of the heterocycle includebeside carbon atoms 1, 2, 3 or 4 heteroatoms independently selected fromN, O and S as ring member atoms; wherein the cyclic groups R³ areunsubstituted or substituted by 1, 2, 3 or 4 identical or differentgroups R^(3a) as defined or preferably defined below; in particularR^(3a) is methoxyimino-C₁-C₄-alkyl, ethoxyimino-C₁-C₄-alkyl, CH₃,CH₂CH₃, OCH₃, OCH₂CH₃, CF₃, CHF₂, OCF₃, OCHF₂, cyano, Cl, F or Br.

According to a further embodiment R³ is substituted by 1, 2 or 3identical or different groups R^(3a) as defined or preferably definedbelow; in particular R^(3a) is methoxyimino-C₁-C₄-alkyl,ethoxyimino-C₁-C₄-alkyl, CH₃, CH₂CH₃, OCH₃, OCH₂CH₃, CF₃, CHF₂, OCF₃,OCHF₂, cyano, Cl, F or Br.

In one embodiment of the invention R³ is phenyl; wherein the phenyl ringis unsubstituted or substituted by 1, 2, 3 or 4 identical or differentgroups R^(3a) as defined or preferably defined below; in particularR^(3a) is methoxyimino-C₁-C₄-alkyl, ethoxyimino-C₁-C₄-alkyl, CH₃,CH₂CH₃, OCH₃, OCH₂CH₃, CF₃, CHF₂, OCF₃, OCHF₂, cyano, Cl, F or Br.

In another embodiment of the invention R³ is phenyl; wherein the phenylring is unsubstituted or substituted by 1 or 2 identical or differentgroups R^(3a) as defined or preferably defined below; in particularR^(3a) is a 5-membered aromatic heterocycle, methoxyimino-C₁-C₄-alkyl,ethoxyimino-C₁-C₄-alkyl, CH₃, CH₂CH₃, OCH₃, OCH₂CH₃, CF₃, CHF₂, OCF₃,OCHF₂, cyano, Cl, F or Br; and wherein at least one of said groupsR^(3a) is a 5-membered aromatic heterocycle, wherein the ring memberatoms of the heterocycle include beside carbon atoms 1, 2 or 3heteroatoms independently selected from the group of N, O and S as ringmember atoms; and wherein said aromatic heterocycle is unsubstituted orsubstituted by 1, 2 or 3 identical or different groups R^(3b) as definedor preferably defined below; in particular R^(3b) is CH₃, OCH₃, cyano, For Cl.

In another embodiment of the invention R³ is a 5- or 6-membered aromaticheterocycle, wherein the ring member atoms of the heterocycle includebeside carbon atoms 1, 2, 3 or 4 heteroatoms independently selected fromN, O and S as ring member atoms; wherein the aromatic groups R³ areunsubstituted or substituted by 1, 2, 3 or 4 identical or differentgroups R^(3a) as defined or preferably defined below; in particularR^(3a) is methoxyimino-C₁-C₄-alkyl, ethoxyimino-C₁-C₄-alkyl, CH₃,CH₂CH₃, OCH₃, OCH₂CH₃, CF₃, CHF₂, OCF₃, OCHF₂, cyano, Cl, F or Br.

In a further embodiment R³ is a 5-membered aromatic heterocycle, whereinthe ring member atoms of the heterocycle include beside carbon atoms 1,2 or 3 heteroatoms independently selected from the group of N, O and Sas ring member atoms; wherein the aromatic heterocycle is unsubstitutedor substituted by 1, 2, 3 or 4 identical or different groups R^(3a) asdefined or preferably defined below; in particular R^(3a) is phenyl,methoxyimino-C₁-C₄-alkyl, ethoxyimino-C₁-C₄-alkyl, CH₃, CH₂CH₃, OCH₃,OCH₂CH₃, CF₃, CHF₂, OCF₃, OCHF₂, cyano, Cl, F or Br; and wherein thephenyl in R^(3a) is unsubstituted or substituted by 1, 2 or 3 identicalor different groups R^(3b) as defined or preferably defined below; inparticular R^(3b) is CH₃, CH₂CH₃, OCH₃, OCH₂CH₃, CF₃, CHF₂, OCF₃, OCHF₂,SCF₃, SCHF₂, cyano, Cl or F.

Preferably said aromatic heterocycle R³ is pyrazolyl, imidazolyl,oxazolyl, isoxazolyl, thiazolyl, 1,2,4-triazolyl, 1,2,4-oxadiazolyl,1,3,4-oxadiazolyl or 1,2,4-thiadiazolyl.

According to a further preferred embodiment R³ is pyrazolyl, imidazolyl,oxazolyl, isoxazolyl, thiazolyl, 1,2,4-triazolyl, 1,2,4-oxadiazolyl,1,3,4-oxadiazolyl or 1,2,4-thiadiazolyl; wherein said aromaticheterocycles are substituted by 1 or 2 identical or different groupsR^(3a) as defined or preferably defined below; in particular R^(3a) isphenyl, methoxyimino-C₁-C₄-alkyl, ethoxyimino-C₁-C₄-alkyl, CH₃, CH₂CH₃,OCH₃, OCH₂CH₃, CF₃, CHF₂, OCF₃, OCHF₂, cyano, Cl, F or Br; and whereinat least one of said groups R^(3a) is phenyl, which is unsubstituted orsubstituted by 1, 2, 3 or 4 identical or different groups R^(3b) asdefined or preferably defined below; in particular R^(3b) is CH₃,CH₂CH₃, OCH₃, OCH₂CH₃, CF₃, CHF₂, OCF₃, OCHF₂, SCF₃, SCHF₂, cyano, Cl orF.

In another aspect of the invention R³ is pyrazolyl or 1,2,4-triazolyl;wherein said heterocycles are unsubstituted or substituted by 1 or 2identical or different groups R^(3a) as defined or preferably definedbelow; in particular R^(3a) is phenyl, methoxyimino-C₁-C₄-alkyl,ethoxyimino-C₁-C₄-alkyl, CH₃, CH₂CH₃, OCH₃, OCH₂CH₃, CF₃, CHF₂, OCF₃,OCHF₂, cyano, Cl, F or Br; and wherein at least one of the groups R^(3a)is phenyl, which is unsubstituted or substituted by 1, 2, 3 or 4identical or different groups R^(3b) as defined or preferably definedbelow; in particular R^(3b) is CH₃, CH₂CH₃, OCH₃, OCH₂CH₃, CF₃, CHF₂,OCF₃, OCHF₂, SCF₃, SCHF₂, cyano, Cl or F; and wherein said group R^(3a)being phenyl and the group L are attached to the 5-membered heterocycleR³ in a 1,3-substitution pattern, i.e. attached to ring member atoms ofthe ring R³, which are not directly connected.

In yet another aspect of the invention R³ is 1-phenylpyrazol-3-yl,wherein the phenyl group is unsubstituted or substituted by 1, 2, 3 or 4identical or different substituents selected from CH₃, CH₂CH₃, OCH₃,OCH₂CH₃, CF₃, CHF₂, OCF₃, OCHF₂, SCF₃, SCHF₂, cyano, Cl and F.

In another aspect of the invention R³ is a 6-membered aromaticheterocycle, wherein the ring member atoms of said heterocycle includebeside carbon atoms 1, 2 or 3 nitrogen atoms as ring member atoms;wherein said heterocycle is unsubstituted or substituted by 1, 2, 3 or 4identical or different groups R^(3a) as defined or preferably definedbelow; in particular R^(3a) is methoxyimino-C₁-C₄-alkyl,ethoxyimino-C₁-C₄-alkyl, CH₃, CH₂CH₃, OCH₃, OCH₂CH₃, CF₃, CHF₂, OCF₃,OCHF₂, cyano, Cl, F or Br; preferably said heteroaryl is pyridinyl orpyrimidinyl.

In a further preferred embodiment R³ is pyridinyl or pyrimidinyl;wherein said heterocycles are unsubstituted or substituted by 1 or 2identical or different groups R^(3a); in particular R^(3a) is phenyl,methoxyimino-C₁-C₄-alkyl, ethoxyimino-C₁-C₄-alkyl, CH₃, CH₂CH₃, OCH₃,OCH₂CH₃, CF₃, CHF₂, OCF₃, OCHF₂, cyano, Cl, F or Br; and wherein atleast one of the groups R^(3a) is phenyl, which is unsubstituted orsubstituted by 1, 2, 3 or 4 identical or different groups R^(3b) asdefined or preferably defined below; in particular R^(3b) is CH₃,CH₂CH₃, OCH₃, OCH₂CH₃, CF₃, CHF₂, OCF₃, OCHF₂, SCF₃, SCHF₂, cyano, Cl orF; and wherein said group R^(3a) being phenyl and the group L areattached to the 6-membered heterocycle R³ in a 1,4-substitution pattern,i.e. attached to opposite ring member atoms of the pyridin or pyrimidinring R³.

In a more preferred embodiment R³ is a pyridinyl ring, which is attachedto L in 2-position and which is further unsubstituted or substituted by1, 2 or 3 identical or different groups R^(3a) as defined or preferablydefined below. In another more preferred embodiment R³ is a pyridinylring, which is attached to L in 2-position and which is substituted byone group R^(3a) in 6-position and wherein R^(3a) is as defined orpreferably defined below; in particular R^(3a) ismethoxyimino-C₁-C₄-alkyl, ethoxyimino-C₁-C₄-alkyl, CH₃, CH₂CH₃, OCH₃,OCH₂CH₃, CF₃, CHF₂, OCF₃, OCHF₂, cyano, Cl, F or Br.

Particularly preferred embodiments of the invention relate to compoundsI, wherein the group R³ in each case is one of the radicals R3-1 toR3-193 in Table A, wherein # indicates the point of attachment to thelinker moiety L.

TABLE A Line R³ R3-1

R3-2

R3-3

R3-4

R3-5

R3-6

R3-7

R3-8

R3-9

R3-10

R3-11

R3-12

R3-13

R3-14

R3-15

R3-16

R3-17

R3-18

R3-19

R3-20

R3-21

R3-22

R3-23

R3-24

R3-25

R3-26

R3-27

R3-28

R3-29

R3-30

R3-31

R3-32

R3-33

R3-34

R3-35

R3-36

R3-37

R3-38

R3-39

R3-40

R3-41

R3-42

R3-43

R3-44

R3-45

R3-46

R3-47

R3-48

R3-49

R3-50

R3-51

R3-52

R3-53

R3-54

R3-55

R3-56

R3-57

R3-58

R3-59

R3-60

R3-61

R3-62

R3-63

R3-64

R3-65

R3-66

R3-67

R3-68

R3-69

R3-70

R3-71

R3-72

R3-73

R3-74

R3-75

R3-76

R3-77

R3-78

R3-79

R3-80

R3-81

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R^(3a) according to the invention is amino, halogen, hydroxy, nitro,cyano, carboxyl, C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₂-C₆-alkenyl, C₂-C₆-alkynyl,C₁-C₆-alkoxy, C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl, C₃-C₆-cycloalkenyl, C₂-C₆-alkenyloxy,C₃-C₆-alkynyloxy, C₁-C₆-alkoxyimino-C₁-C₄-alkyl,C₂-C₆-alkenyloxyimino-C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₃-C₆-alkynyloxyimino-C₁-C₄-alkyl,C₁-C₆-alkylamino, C(═O)—(C₁-C₆-alkyl), C(═O)—(C₁-C₆-alkoxy), phenyl,naphthyl or a 3- to 10-membered saturated, partially unsaturated oraromatic mono- or bicyclic heterocycle, wherein the ring member atoms ofthe heterocycle include beside carbon atoms 1, 2, 3 or 4 heteroatomsindependently selected from N, O and S as ring member atoms; and wherein1 or 2 carbon ring member atoms of the carbo- and heterocycle may bereplaced by 1 or 2 groups independently selected from C(═O) and C(═S);and wherein the aforementioned phenyl and heterocycle groups R^(3a) areattached to R³ via a direct bond, an oxygen or sulfur atom, the lattertwo atoms forming a linker between said residues; and wherein thealiphatic or cyclic groups R^(3a) are unsubstituted or substituted by 1,2 or 3 or up to the maximum possible number of identical or differentgroups R^(3b) as defined or preferably defined below; in particularR^(3b) is CH₃, OCH₃, SCF₃, cyano, F or Cl. In one embodiment of theinvention R^(3a) is halogen, C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₂-C₆-alkenyl, C₁-C₆-alkoxy,C₁-C₆-alkoxyimino-C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₂-C₆-alkenyloxyimino-C₁-C₄-alkyl,C₃-C₆-alkynyloxyimino-C₁-C₄-alkyl, phenyl or a 5- or 6-memberedsaturated, partially unsaturated or aromatic heterocycle, which, inaddition to carbon atoms, contains as ring members 1, 2 or 3 heteroatomsindependently selected from N, O and S as ring member atoms; and whereinthe aliphatic or cyclic groups R^(3a) are unsubstituted or substitutedby 1, 2 or 3 or up to the maximum possible number of identical ordifferent groups R^(3b) as defined or preferably defined below; inparticular R^(3b) is CH₃, OCH₃, SCF₃, cyano, F or Cl.

In another embodiment R^(3a) is a 5- or 6-membered saturated, partiallyunsaturated or aromatic heterocycle, which, in addition to carbon atoms,contains as ring members 1, 2 or 3 heteroatoms independently selectedfrom N, O and S as ring member atoms; and wherein the aforementionedheterocyclic groups R^(3a) are attached via a direct bond, an oxygen orsulfur atom, the latter two atoms forming a linker between saidresidues; and wherein the aliphatic or cyclic groups R^(3a) areunsubstituted or substituted by 1, 2 or 3 or up to the maximum possiblenumber of identical or different groups R^(3b) as defined or preferablydefined below; in particular R^(3b) is CH₃, OCH₃, SCF₃, cyano, F or Cl.

In a further embodiment R^(3a) is halogen, cyano, C₁-C₆-alkyl,C₁-C₆-haloalkyl, C₁-C₆-alkoxy, C₁-C₆-haloalkoxy,C₁-C₆-alkoxyimino-C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₂-C₆-alkenyloxyimino-C₁-C₄-alkyl orC₃-C₆-alkynyloxyimino-C₁-C₄-alkyl; and wherein the aliphatic groupsR^(3a) are unsubstituted or substituted by 1, 2 or 3 or up to themaximum possible number of identical or different groups R^(3b) asdefined or preferably defined below; in particular R^(3b) is CH₃, OCH₃,SCF₃, cyano, F or Cl.

In still another embodiment of the invention R^(3a) is halogen, cyano,C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₂-C₆-alkenyl, C₁-C₆-alkoxy, C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl orC₃-C₆-cycloalkoxy. In a further embodiment R^(3a) is halogen, cyano orC₁-C₆-alkyl, in particular F, Cl, SCF₃, cyano or CH₃.

In another aspect R^(3a) is phenyl, which is unsubstituted orsubstituted by 1, 2, 3 or up to the maximum possible number of identicalor different groups R^(3b) as defined or preferably defined below; inparticular R^(3b) is CH₃, OCH₃, SCF₃, cyano, F or Cl;

In a further aspect R^(3a) is phenyl and is attached to a 5-memberedaromatic heterocycle R³ in a 1,3-substitution pattern relative to thegroup L, i.e. attached to ring member atoms of the heterocycle which arenot adjacent to one another; wherein said group R^(3a) is unsubstitutedor substituted by 1, 2 or 3 identical or different groups R^(3b) asdefined or preferably defined below; in particular R^(3b) is CH₃, OCH₃,SCF₃, cyano, F or Cl.

In yet another embodiment R^(3a) is phenyl and is attached to a6-membered aromatic carbo- or heterocycle R³ in a 1,4-substitutionpattern relative to the group L, i.e. attached to opposite ring memberatoms of said aromatic carbo- or heterocycle; wherein said group R^(3a)is unsubstituted or substituted by 1, 2 or 3 identical or differentgroups R^(3b) as defined or preferably defined below; in particularR^(3b) is CH₃, OCH₃, SCF₃, cyano, F or Cl.

R^(3b) according to the invention is halogen, hydroxy, nitro, cyano,carboxyl, C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₁-C₆-alkoxy, C₂-C₆-alkenyl, C₂-C₆-alkenyloxy,C₂-C₆-alkynyl, C₃-C₆-alkynyloxy, C₁-C₆-alkoxyimino-C₁-C₄-alkyl,C₂-C₆-alkenyloxyimino-C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₃-C₆-alkynyloxyimino-C₁-C₄-alkyl,C₁-C₆-alkylthio, C₁-C₆-alkylsulfinyl, C₁-C₆-alkylsulfonyl,C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl, C₃-C₆-cycloalkenyl, phenyl or a 5- or 6-memberedsaturated, partially unsaturated or aromatic heterocycle; wherein thering member atoms of the heterocycle include beside carbon atoms 1, 2 or3 heteroatoms independently selected from N, O and S as ring memberatoms; and wherein 1 or 2 carbon ring member atoms of the carbo- andheterocycle may be replaced by 1 or 2 groups independently selected fromC(═O) and C(═S); and wherein the aforementioned cyclic groups R^(3b) areattached to R^(3a) via a direct bond, an oxygen or sulfur atom, thelatter two atoms forming a linker between said residues; and wherein thealiphatic or cyclic groups R^(3b) are unsubstituted or substituted by 1,2 or 3 or up to the maximum possible number of identical or differentgroups selected from halogen, C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₁-C₆-haloalkyl andC₃-C₆-cycloalkyl.

In one embodiment of the invention R^(3b) is halogen, cyano,C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₁-C₆-alkoxy, C₂-C₆-alkenyl, C₂-C₆-alkenyloxy,C₁-C₆-alkoxyimino-C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₁-C₆-alkylthio, phenyl or a 5- or6-membered saturated, partially unsaturated or aromatic heterocycle,which, in addition to carbon atoms, contains 1, 2 or 3 heteroatomsindependently selected from N, O and S as ring member atoms; wherein theaforementioned cyclic groups R^(3b) are unsubstituted or substituted by1, 2, 3 or up to the maximum possible number of identical or differentgroups selected from halogen, C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₁-C₆-haloalkyl andC₃-C₆-cycloalkyl.

In another embodiment R^(3b) is halogen, C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₁-C₆-haloalkyl,C₁-C₆-alkoxy, C₁-C₆-haloalkoxy, C₁-C₆-alkylthio or C₁-C₆-haloalkylthio.In another embodiment R^(3b) is CH₃, CH₂CH₃, OCH₃, OCH₂CH₃, CF₃, CHF₂,OCF₃, OCHF₂, SCF₃, SCHF₂, cyano, Cl or F. More preferably R^(3b) is F orCl; in particular Cl.

In yet another embodiment R^(3b) is phenyl, which is unsubstituted orsubstituted by 1, 2, 3 or up to the maximum possible number of identicalor different groups selected from halogen, C₁-C₆-alkyl andC₁-C₆-haloalkyl.

In a further embodiment R^(3b) is a 5- or 6-membered aromaticheterocycle, which, in addition to carbon atoms, contains 1, 2 or 3heteroatoms independently selected from N, O and S as ring member atoms;wherein the aforementioned cyclic groups R^(3b) are unsubstituted orsubstituted by 1, 2, 3 or up to the maximum possible number of identicalor different groups selected from halogen, C₁-C₆-alkyl andC₁-C₆-haloalkyl.

Q according to the invention is a divalent group selected from—(NQ^(a))- and —(CQ^(b)Q^(c))-)-; wherein Q^(a), Q^(b) and Q^(c) are asdefined or preferably defined below; in particular Q^(a) is hydrogen,CH₃ or CH₂CH₃ and Q^(b) and Q^(c) are independently selected fromhydrogen, halogen, CH₃ and CH₂CH₃. In another preferred embodiment Q is—(NQ^(a))-; wherein Q^(a) is as defined or preferably defined below; inparticular Q^(a) is hydrogen, CH₃ or CH₂CH₃. In still another preferredembodiment Q is a divalent group —(CQ^(b)Q^(c))-)-; wherein Q^(b) andQ^(c) are as defined or preferably defined below; in particular Q^(b)and Q^(c) are independently selected from hydrogen, halogen, CH₃ andCH₂CH₃.

In a more preferred embodiment Q is a divalent group selected from—CH₂—, —NH— and —NCH₃—. Q^(a) according to the invention is hydrogen,C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₁-C₆-alkoxy, C₂-C₆-alkenyl, C₂-C₆-alkenyloxy,C₂-C₆-alkynyloxy, C₂-C₆-alkynyl, C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl, phenyl-C₁-C₄-alkyl,heteroaryl-C₁-C₄-alkyl or C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₄-alkyl; wherein thealiphatic, alicyclic and aromatic moieties of Q^(a) are unsubstituted orsubstituted by 1, 2, 3 or up to the maximum number of identical ordifferent groups selected from halogen, hydroxy, cyano, nitro,C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₁-C₄-alkoxy, C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl, C₁-C₄-haloalkyl andC₁-C₄-haloalkoxy.

In one embodiment of the invention Q^(a) is hydrogen, C₁-C₆-alkyl,C₂-C₆-alkenyl, C₂-C₆-alkynyl or C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl; wherein the aliphaticand alicyclic moieties of Q^(a) are unsubstituted or substituted by 1,2, 3 or up to the maximum number of identical or different groupsselected from halogen, cyano, C₁-C₄-alkyl and C₁-C₄-alkoxy.

In another embodiment Q^(a) is hydrogen, C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₂-C₆-alkenyl,C₂-C₆-alkynyl or C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl. Preferrably Q^(a) is hydrogen orC₁-C₆-alkyl, in particular hydrogen, CH₃ or CH₂CH₃.

In a further preferred embodiment Q^(a) is hydrogen.

Q^(b), Q^(c) according to the invention are independently selected fromhydrogen, halogen, cyano, C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₁-C₆-alkoxy, C₂-C₆-alkenyl,C₂-C₆-alkenyloxy, C₂-C₆-alkynyloxy, C₂-C₆-alkynyl, C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl andC₃-C₆-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₄-alkyl; wherein the aliphatic and alicyclicmoieties of Q^(b) and/or Q^(c) are unsubstituted or substituted by 1, 2,3 or up to the maximum number of identical or different groups selectedfrom halogen, hydroxy, cyano, nitro, C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₁-C₄-alkoxy,C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl, C₁-C₄-haloalkyl and C₁-C₄-haloalkoxy; or Q^(b) andQ^(c) together with the carbon atom to which they are bound form asaturated or partially unsaturated 3-, 4-, 5-, 6- or 7-memberedcarbocycle or a saturated or partially unsaturated 3-, 4-, 5-, 6- or7-membered heterocycle, wherein the heterocycle includes beside carbonatoms 1, 2, 3 or 4 heteroatoms independently selected from N, O and S asring member atoms; and wherein 1 or 2 carbon ring member atoms of thecarbo- and heterocycle may be replaced by 1 or 2 groups independentlyselected from C(═O) and C(═S); and wherein the carbo- and heterocycleare unsubstituted or substituted by 1, 2, 3 or 4 identical or differentgroups independently selected from halogen, hydroxy, cyano, nitro,C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₁-C₄-alkoxy, C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl, C₁-C₄-haloalkyl andC₁-C₄-haloalkoxy.

In one embodiment of the invention Q^(b) and Q^(c) are independentlyselected from hydrogen, halogen, C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₁-C₆-alkoxy,C₂-C₆-alkenyl, C₂-C₆-alkynyl and C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl; wherein the aliphaticand alicyclic moieties of Q^(b) and/or Q^(c) are unsubstituted orsubstituted by 1, 2, 3 or up to the maximum number of identical ordifferent groups independently selected from halogen, cyano, C₁-C₄-alkyland C₁-C₄-alkoxy; or Q^(b) and Q^(c) together with the carbon atom towhich they are bound form a saturated or partially unsaturated 3-, 4- or5-membered carbocycle or a saturated or partially unsaturated 3-, 4- or5-membered heterocycle, wherein the heterocycle includes beside carbonatoms 1, 2, 3 or 4 heteroatoms independently selected from N, O and S asring member atoms; and wherein the carbo- and heterocycle areunsubstituted or substituted by 1, 2, 3 or 4 identical or differentgroups independently selected from halogen, cyano, C₁-C₄-alkyl andC₁-C₄-alkoxy.

In another embodiment Q^(b) and Q^(c) are independently selected fromhydrogen, halogen, C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₁-C₆-haloalkyl, C₁-C₆-alkoxy,C₁-C₆-haloalkoxy, C₂-C₆-alkenyl, C₂-C₆-haloalkenyl, C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl andC₃-C₆-halocycloalkyl.

In a further embodiment Q^(b) and Q^(c) are independently selected fromhydrogen, halogen and C₁-C₆-alkyl, in particular Q^(b) and Q^(c) areindependently selected from hydrogen, F, CH₃ and CH₂CH₃.

In a preferred embodiment Q^(b) and Q^(c) are independently selectedfrom hydrogen and F.

In another aspect of the invention Q^(b) and Q^(c) together with thecarbon atom to which they are bound form a saturated or partiallyunsaturated 3-, 4- or 5-membered carbocycle or a saturated or partiallyunsaturated 3-, 4- or 5-membered heterocycle, wherein the heterocycleincludes beside carbon atoms 1 or 2 heteroatoms independently selectedfrom N, O and S as ring member atoms; and wherein the carbo- andheterocycle are unsubstituted or substituted by 1, 2, 3 or 4 identicalor different groups independently selected from halogen, cyano,C₁-C₄-alkyl and C₁-C₄-alkoxy.

In a further aspect of the invention Q^(b) and Q^(c) together with thecarbon atom to which they are bound form a cyclopropane, cyclobutane,cyclopentane, aziridine, thiirane, oxirane or oxetane ring. In apreferred embodiment Q^(b) and Q^(c) together with the carbon atom towhich they are bound form a cyclopropane or oxirane ring.

W according to the invention is O or S. In a preferred embodiment W isO.

Y according to the invention is a divalent group selected from —O—, —S—and —(NY^(a))—; wherein

Y^(a) is as defined or preferably defined below; in particular Y^(a) ishydrogen, CH₃ or CH₂CH₃. In a preferred embodiment Y is —O— or—(NY^(a))—; wherein Y^(a) is as defined or preferably defined below; inparticular Y^(a) is hydrogen, CH₃ or CH₂CH₃. In a further preferredembodiment Y is —(NY^(a))—; wherein Y^(a) is as defined or preferablydefined below; in particular Y^(a) is hydrogen, CH₃ or CH₂CH₃.

Y^(a) according to the invention is hydrogen, C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₁-C₆-alkoxy,C₂-C₆-alkenyl, C₂-C₆-alkenyloxy, C₂-C₆-alkynyl, C₃-C₆-alkynyloxy,C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl or C₃-C₆-cycloalkoxy; wherein the aliphatic andalicyclic moieties of Y^(a) are unsubstituted or substituted by 1, 2, 3or up to the maximum number of identical or different groups selectedfrom hydrogen, halogen, cyano, nitro, C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₁-C₄-alkoxy,C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl, C₁-C₄-haloalkyl and C₁-C₄-haloalkoxy. In anotherpreferred embodiment Y^(a) is hydrogen, C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₁-C₆-alkoxy,C₂-C₆-alkenyl, or C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl. In a further preferred embodimentY^(a) is hydrogen or C₁-C₆-alkyl; preferably hydrogen, CH₃ or CH₂CH₃.

R^(Y) according to the invention is hydrogen, C₁-C₆-alkyl,C₂-C₆-alkenyl, C₂-C₆-alkynyl, C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl, phenyl-C₁-C₄-alkyl orheteroaryl-C₁-C₄-alkyl; wherein the aliphatic, alicyclic and aromaticmoieties of R^(Y) are unsubstituted or substituted by 1, 2, 3 or up tothe maximum number of identical or different groups selected fromhydrogen, halogen, cyano, nitro, C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₁-C₄-alkoxy,C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl, C₁-C₄-haloalkyl and C₁-C₄-haloalkoxy. In anotherpreferred embodiment R^(Y) is hydrogen, C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₁-C₆-alkoxy,C₂-C₆-alkenyl, or C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl. In a further preferred embodimentR^(Y) is hydrogen or C₁-C₆-alkyl; preferably hydrogen, CH₃ or CH₂CH₃.

In an embodiment of the invention, when L is —O—, R¹ is cyano or Cl, Qis selected as —(NQ^(a))-, wherein Q^(a) is hydrogen, C₁-C₆-alkylsubstituted by cyano, or C₁-C₆-alkoxy substituted by C₁-C₄-alkoxy, W isO, and Y is —O— or —(NY^(a))—, then R^(Y) is not hydrogen, C₁-C₆-alkyl,C₂-C₆-alkenyl, C₂-C₆-alkynyl, C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl, or phenyl-C₁-alkyl,unsubstituted or substituted by 1, 2, 3 or up to the maximum number ofidentical or different groups selected from hydrogen, halogen, cyano,nitro, C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₁-C₄-alkoxy, C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl, C₁-C₄-haloalkyl andC₁-C₄-haloalkoxy.

In another embodiment of the invention, when L is —C(Z)═N—O—CH₂—, R³ isphenyl, Q is selected as —(CQ^(b)Q^(c))—, and W is O, then Y—R^(Y) isnot OH.

In a further preferred embodiment the invention relates to compounds offormula I.A, wherein R³ is 1-phenylpyrazole-3-yl, r is 0, n is 1, 2 or 3and L is —OCH₂—.

In a further preferred embodiment the invention relates to compounds offormula I.B, wherein R³ is 1-phenylpyrazole-3-yl, r is 0, n is 1, 2 or 3and L is —CH₂—.

In a further preferred embodiment the invention relates to compounds offormula I.C, wherein r is 0, R³ is 2-pyridinyl, which is substituted bya group R^(3a) in 6-position and wherein L is —CH₂O—N═C(CH₃)—.

In a further preferred embodiment the invention relates to compounds offormula I.D, wherein r is 0, R³ is 2-pyridinyl, which is substituted bya group R^(3a) in 6-position and wherein L is —CH₂O—N═C(CH₃)—.

In a further preferred embodiment the invention relates to compounds offormula I wherein the meaning of R¹, Q and Y in each case is one of thefollowing combinations in lines B-1 to B-45 in Table B; wherein Mestands for CH₃ or methyl and Et stands for CH₂CH₃ or ethyl.

TABLE B Line R¹ Y R^(Y) B-1 F —NH— H B-2 Cl —NH— H B-3 Br —NH— H B-4 Me—NH— H B-5 OMe —NH— H B-6 cyano —NH— H B-7 F —NMe— H B-8 Cl —NMe— H B-9Br —NMe— H B-10 Me —NMe— H B-11 OMe —NMe— H B-12 cyano —NMe— H B-13 F—NEt— H B-14 Cl —NEt— H B-15 Br —NEt— H B-16 Me —NEt— H B-17 OMe —NEt— HB-18 cyano —NEt— H B-19 F —NH— Me B-20 Cl —NH— Me B-21 Br —NH— Me B-22Me —NH— Me B-23 OMe —NH— Me B-24 cyano —NH— Me B-25 F —NMe— Me B-26 Cl—NMe— Me B-27 Br —NMe— Me B-28 Me —NMe— Me B-29 OMe —NMe— Me B-30 cyano—NMe— Me B-31 F —NEt— Me B-32 Cl —NEt— Me B-33 Br —NEt— Me B-34 Me —NEt—Me B-35 OMe —NEt— Me B-36 cyano —NEt— Me B-37 F —NH— Et B-38 Cl —NH— EtB-39 Br —NH— Et B-40 Me —NH— Et B-41 OMe —NH— Et B-42 cyano —NH— Et B-43F —NMe— Et B-44 Cl —NMe— Et B-45 Br —NMe— Et B-46 Me —NMe— Et B-47 OMe—NMe— Et B-48 cyano —NMe— Et B-49 F —NEt— Et B-50 Cl —NEt— Et B-51 Br—NEt— Et B-52 Me —NEt— Et B-53 OMe —NEt— Et B-54 cyano —NEt— Et

With respect to their use, particular preference is given to thecompounds compiled in the Tables 1 to 405 below, wherein the meaning ofR³ in each case is selected from groups R3-1 to R3-193 in Table A andwherein the meaning of the combination of substituents R¹, R^(N) and Yis selected from lines B-1 to B-45 as described in Table B; and whereinthe bond depicted on the left side of groups L is attached to R³ and thebond depicted on the right side is attached to the phenyl ring.

Table 1: Compounds I wherein L is —OCH₂—, r is 0, W is O, Q is —CH₂— andwherein the meaning of R³ is selected in each case from any one of thegroups R3-1 to R3-193 in Table A; and wherein the combination ofsubstituents R¹, Y and R^(Y) corresponds to line B-1 in Table B.

Table 2: Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table1; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-2 in Table B.

Table 3: Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table1; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-3 in Table B.

Table 4: Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table1; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-4 in Table B.

Table 5: Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table1; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-5 in Table B.

Table 6: Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table1; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-6 in Table B.

Table 7: Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table1; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-7 in Table B.

Table 8: Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table1; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-8 in Table B.

Table 9: Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table1; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-9 in Table B.

Table 10: Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table1; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-10 in Table B.

Table 11: Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table1; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-11 in Table B.

Table 12: Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table1; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-12 in Table B.

Table 13: Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table1; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-13 in Table B.

Table 14: Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table1; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-14 in Table B.

Table 15: Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table1; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-15 in Table B.

Table 16: Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table1; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-16 in Table B.

Table 17: Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table1; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-17 in Table B.

Table 18: Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table1; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-18 in Table B.

Table 19: Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table1; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-19 in Table B.

Table 20: Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table1; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-20 in Table B.

Table 21: Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table1; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-21 in Table B.

Table 22: Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table1; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-22 in Table B.

Table 23: Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table1; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-23 in Table B.

Table 24: Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table1; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-24 in Table B.

Table 25: Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table1; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-25 in Table B.

Table 26: Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table1; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-26 in Table B.

Table 27: Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table1; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-27 in Table B.

Table 28: Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table1; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-28 in Table B.

Table 29: Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table1; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-29 in Table B.

Table 30: Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table1; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-30 in Table B.

Table 31: Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table1; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-31 in Table B.

Table 32: Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table1; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-32 in Table B.

Table 33: Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table1; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-33 in Table B.

Table 34: Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table1; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-34 in Table B.

Table 35: Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table1; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-35 in Table B.

Table 36: Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table1; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-36 in Table B.

Table 37: Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table1; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-37 in Table B.

Table 38: Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table1; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-38 in Table B.

Table 39: Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table1; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-39 in Table B.

Table 40: Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table1; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-40 in Table B.

Table 41: Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table1; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-41 in Table B.

Table 42: Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table1; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-42 in Table B.

Table 43: Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table1; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-43 in Table B.

Table 44: Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table1; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-44 in Table B.

Table 45: Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table1; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-45 in Table B.

Table 46: Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table1; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-46 in Table B.

Table 47: Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table1; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-47 in Table B.

Table 48: Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table1; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-48 in Table B.

Table 49: Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table1; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-49 in Table B.

Table 50: Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table1; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-50 in Table B.

Table 51: Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table1; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-51 in Table B.

Table 52: Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table1; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-52 in Table B.

Table 53: Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table1; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-53 in Table B.

Table 54: Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table1; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-54 in Table B.

Table 55: Compounds I wherein L is —CH₂—O—N═C(CH₃)—, r is 0, W is O, Qis —CH₂— and wherein the meaning of R³ is selected in each case from anyone of the groups R3-1 to R3-193 in Table A; and wherein the combinationof substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y) corresponds to line B-1 in Table B.

Table 56 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table55; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-2 in Table B.

Table 57 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table55; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-3 in Table B.

Table 58 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table55; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-4 in Table B.

Table 59 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table55; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-5 in Table B.

Table 60 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table55; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-6 in Table B.

Table 61 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table55; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-7 in Table B.

Table 62 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table55; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-8 in Table B.

Table 63 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table55; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-9 in Table B.

Table 64 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table55; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-10 in Table B.

Table 65 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table55; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-11 in Table B.

Table 66 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table55; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-12 in Table B.

Table 67 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table55; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-13 in Table B.

Table 68 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table55; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-14 in Table B.

Table 69 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table55; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-15 in Table B.

Table 70 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table55; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-16 in Table B.

Table 71 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table55; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-17 in Table B.

Table 72 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table55; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-18 in Table B.

Table 73 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table55; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-19 in Table B.

Table 74 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table55; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-20 in Table B.

Table 75 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table55; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-21 in Table B.

Table 76 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table55; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-22 in Table B.

Table 77 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table55; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-23 in Table B.

Table 78 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table55; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-24 in Table B.

Table 79 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table55; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-25 in Table B.

Table 80 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table55; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-26 in Table B.

Table 81 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table55; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-27 in Table B.

Table 82 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table55; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-28 in Table B.

Table 83 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table55; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-29 in Table B.

Table 84 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table55; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-30 in Table B.

Table 85 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table55; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-31 in Table B.

Table 86 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table55; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-32 in Table B.

Table 87 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table55; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-33 in Table B.

Table 88 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table55; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-34 in Table B.

Table 89 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table55; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-35 in Table B.

Table 90 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table55; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-36 in Table B.

Table 91 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table55; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-37 in Table B.

Table 92 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table55; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-38 in Table B.

Table 93 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table55; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-39 in Table B.

Table 94 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table55; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-40 in Table B.

Table 95 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table55; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-41 in Table B.

Table 96 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table55; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-42 in Table B.

Table 97 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table55; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-43 in Table B.

Table 98 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table55; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-44 in Table B.

Table 99 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table55; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-45 in Table B.

Table 100 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table55; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-46 in Table B.

Table 101 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table55; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-47 in Table B.

Table 102 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table55; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-48 in Table B.

Table 103 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table55; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-49 in Table B.

Table 104 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table55; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-50 in Table B.

Table 105 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table55; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-51 in Table B.

Table 106 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table55; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-52 in Table B.

Table 107 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table55; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-53 in Table B.

Table 108 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table55; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-54 in Table B.

Table 109: Compounds I wherein L is —O—N═C(CH₃)—, r is 0, W is O, Q is—CH₂— and wherein the meaning of R³ is selected in each case from anyone of the groups R3-1 to R3-193 in Table A; and wherein the combinationof substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y) corresponds to line B-1 in Table B.

Table 110 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table109; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-2 in Table B.

Table 111 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table109; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-3 in Table B.

Table 112 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table109; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-4 in Table B.

Table 113 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table109; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-5 in Table B.

Table 114 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table109; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-6 in Table B.

Table 115 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table109; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-7 in Table B.

Table 116 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table109; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-8 in Table B.

Table 117 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table109; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-9 in Table B.

Table 118 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table109; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-10 in Table B.

Table 119 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table109; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-11 in Table B.

Table 120 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table109; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-12 in Table B.

Table 121 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table109; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-13 in Table B.

Table 122 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table109; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-14 in Table B.

Table 123 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table109; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-15 in Table B.

Table 124 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table109; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-16 in Table B.

Table 125 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table109; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-17 in Table B.

Table 126 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table109; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-18 in Table B.

Table 127 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table109; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-19 in Table B.

Table 128 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table109; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-20 in Table B.

Table 129 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table109; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-21 in Table B.

Table 130 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table109; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-22 in Table B.

Table 131 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table109; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-23 in Table B.

Table 132 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table109; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-24 in Table B.

Table 133 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table109; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-25 in Table B.

Table 134 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table109; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-26 in Table B.

Table 135 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table109; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-27 in Table B.

Table 136 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table109; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-28 in Table B.

Table 137 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table109; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-29 in Table B.

Table 138 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table109; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-30 in Table B.

Table 139 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table109; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-31 in Table B.

Table 140 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table109; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-32 in Table B.

Table 141 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table109; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-33 in Table B.

Table 142 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table109; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-34 in Table B.

Table 143 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table109; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-35 in Table B.

Table 144 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table109; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-36 in Table B.

Table 145 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table109; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-37 in Table B.

Table 146 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table109; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-38 in Table B.

Table 147 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table109; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-39 in Table B.

Table 148 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table109; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-40 in Table B.

Table 149 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table109; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-41 in Table B.

Table 150 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table109; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-42 in Table B.

Table 151 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table109; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-43 in Table B.

Table 152 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table109; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-44 in Table B.

Table 153 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table109; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-45 in Table B.

Table 154 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table109; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-46 in Table B.

Table 155 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table109; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-47 in Table B.

Table 156 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table109; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-48 in Table B.

Table 157 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table109; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-49 in Table B.

Table 158 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table109; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-50 in Table B.

Table 159 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table109; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-51 in Table B.

Table 160 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table109; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-52 in Table B.

Table 161 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table109; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-53 in Table B.

Table 162 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table109; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-54 in Table B.

Table 163: Compounds I wherein L is —OCH₂—, r is 0, W is O, Q is —NH—and wherein the meaning of R³ is selected in each case from any one ofthe groups R3-1 to R3-193 in Table A; and wherein the combination ofsubstituents R¹, Y and R^(Y) corresponds to line B-1 in Table B.

Table 164 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table163; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-2 in Table B.

Table 165 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table163; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-3 in Table B.

Table 166 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table163; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-4 in Table B.

Table 167 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table163; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-5 in Table B.

Table 168 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table163; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-6 in Table B.

Table 169 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table163; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-7 in Table B.

Table 170 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table163; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-8 in Table B.

Table 171 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table163; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-9 in Table B.

Table 172 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table163; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-10 in Table B.

Table 173 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table163; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-11 in Table B.

Table 174 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table163; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-12 in Table B.

Table 175 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table163; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-13 in Table B.

Table 176 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table163; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-14 in Table B.

Table 177 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table163; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-15 in Table B.

Table 178 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table163; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-16 in Table B.

Table 179 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table163; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-17 in Table B.

Table 180 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table163; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-18 in Table B.

Table 181 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table163; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-19 in Table B.

Table 182 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table163; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-20 in Table B.

Table 183 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table163; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-21 in Table B.

Table 184 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table163; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-22 in Table B.

Table 185 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table163; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-23 in Table B.

Table 186 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table163; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-24 in Table B.

Table 187 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table163; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-25 in Table B.

Table 188 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table163; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-26 in Table B.

Table 189 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table163; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-27 in Table B.

Table 190 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table163; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-28 in Table B.

Table 191 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table163; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-29 in Table B.

Table 192 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table163; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-30 in Table B.

Table 193 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table163; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-31 in Table B.

Table 194 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table163; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-32 in Table B.

Table 195 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table163; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-33 in Table B.

Table 196 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table163; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-34 in Table B.

Table 197 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table163; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-35 in Table B.

Table 198 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table163; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-36 in Table B.

Table 199 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table163; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-37 in Table B.

Table 200 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table163; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-38 in Table B.

Table 201 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table163; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-39 in Table B.

Table 202 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table163; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-40 in Table B.

Table 203 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table163; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-41 in Table B.

Table 204 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table163; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-42 in Table B.

Table 205 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table163; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-43 in Table B.

Table 206 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table163; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-44 in Table B.

Table 207 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table163; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-45 in Table B.

Table 208 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table163; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-46 in Table B.

Table 209 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table163; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-47 in Table B.

Table 210 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table163; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-48 in Table B.

Table 211 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table163; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-49 in Table B.

Table 212 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table163; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-50 in Table B.

Table 213 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table163; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-51 in Table B.

Table 214 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table163; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-52 in Table B.

Table 215 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table163; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-53 in Table B.

Table 216 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table163; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-54 in Table B.

Table 217: Compounds I wherein L is —CH₂—O—N═C(CH₃)—, r is 0, W is O, Qis —NH— and wherein the meaning of R³ is selected in each case from anyone of the groups R3-1 to R3-193 in Table A; and wherein the combinationof substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y) corresponds to line B-1 in Table B.

Table 218 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table217; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-2 in Table B.

Table 219 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table217; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-3 in Table B.

Table 220 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table217; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-4 in Table B.

Table 221 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table217; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-5 in Table B.

Table 222 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table217; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-6 in Table B.

Table 223 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table217; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-7 in Table B.

Table 224 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table217; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-8 in Table B.

Table 225 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table217; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-9 in Table B.

Table 226 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table217; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-10 in Table B.

Table 227 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table217; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-11 in Table B.

Table 228 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table217; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-12 in Table B.

Table 229 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table217; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-13 in Table B.

Table 230 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table217; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-14 in Table B.

Table 231 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table217; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-15 in Table B.

Table 232 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table217; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-16 in Table B.

Table 233 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table217; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-17 in Table B.

Table 234 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table217; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-18 in Table B.

Table 235 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table217; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-19 in Table B.

Table 236 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table217; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-20 in Table B.

Table 237 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table217; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-21 in Table B.

Table 238 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table217; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-22 in Table B.

Table 239 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table217; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-23 in Table B.

Table 240 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table217; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-24 in Table B.

Table 241 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table217; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-25 in Table B.

Table 242 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table217; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-26 in Table B.

Table 243 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table217; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-27 in Table B.

Table 244 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table217; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-28 in Table B.

Table 245 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table217; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-29 in Table B.

Table 246 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table217; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-30 in Table B.

Table 247 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table217; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-31 in Table B.

Table 248 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table217; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-32 in Table B.

Table 249 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table217; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-33 in Table B.

Table 250 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table217; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-34 in Table B.

Table 251 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table217; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-35 in Table B.

Table 252 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table217; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-36 in Table B.

Table 253 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table217; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-37 in Table B.

Table 254 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table217; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-38 in Table B.

Table 255 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table217; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-39 in Table B.

Table 256 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table217; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-40 in Table B.

Table 257 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table217; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-41 in Table B.

Table 258 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table217; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-42 in Table B.

Table 259 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table217; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-43 in Table B.

Table 260 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table217; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-44 in Table B.

Table 261 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table217; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-45 in Table B.

Table 262 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table217; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-46 in Table B.

Table 263 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table217; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-47 in Table B.

Table 264 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table217; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-48 in Table B.

Table 265 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table217; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-49 in Table B.

Table 266 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table217; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-50 in Table B.

Table 267 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table217; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-51 in Table B.

Table 268 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table217; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-52 in Table B.

Table 269 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table217; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-53 in Table B.

Table 270 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table217; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-54 in Table B.

Table 271: Compounds I wherein L is —O—N═C(CH₃)—, r is 0, W is O, Q is—NH— and wherein the meaning of R³ is selected in each case from any oneof the groups R3-1 to R3-193 in Table A; and wherein the combination ofsubstituents R¹, Y and R^(Y) corresponds to line B-1 in Table B.

Table 272 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table271; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-2 in Table B.

Table 273 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table271; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-3 in Table B.

Table 274 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table271; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-4 in Table B.

Table 275 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table271; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-5 in Table B.

Table 276 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table271; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-6 in Table B.

Table 277 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table271; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-7 in Table B.

Table 278 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table271; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-8 in Table B.

Table 279 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table271; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-9 in Table B.

Table 280 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table271; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-10 in Table B.

Table 281 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table271; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-11 in Table B.

Table 282 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table271; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-12 in Table B.

Table 283 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table271; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-13 in Table B.

Table 284 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table271; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-14 in Table B.

Table 285 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table271; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-15 in Table B.

Table 286 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table271; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-16 in Table B.

Table 287 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table271; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-17 in Table B.

Table 288 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table271; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-18 in Table B.

Table 289 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table271; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-19 in Table B.

Table 290 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table271; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-20 in Table B.

Table 291 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table271; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-21 in Table B.

Table 292 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table271; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-22 in Table B.

Table 293 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table271; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-23 in Table B.

Table 294 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table271; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-24 in Table B.

Table 295 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table271; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-25 in Table B.

Table 296 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table271; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-26 in Table B.

Table 297 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table271; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-27 in Table B.

Table 298 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table271; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-28 in Table B.

Table 299 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table271; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-29 in Table B.

Table 300 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table271; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-30 in Table B.

Table 301 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table271; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-31 in Table B.

Table 302 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table271; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-32 in Table B.

Table 303 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table271; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-33 in Table B.

Table 304 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table271; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-34 in Table B.

Table 305 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table271; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-35 in Table B.

Table 306 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table271; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-36 in Table B.

Table 307 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table271; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-37 in Table B.

Table 308 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table271; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-38 in Table B.

Table 309 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table271; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-39 in Table B.

Table 310 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table271; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-40 in Table B.

Table 311 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table271; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-41 in Table B.

Table 312 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table271; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-42 in Table B.

Table 313 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table271; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-43 in Table B.

Table 314 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table271; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-44 in Table B.

Table 315 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table271; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-45 in Table B.

Table 316 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table271; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-46 in Table B.

Table 317 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table271; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-47 in Table B.

Table 318 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table271; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-48 in Table B.

Table 319 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table271; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-49 in Table B.

Table 320 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table271; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-50 in Table B.

Table 321 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table271; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-51 in Table B.

Table 322 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table271; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-52 in Table B.

Table 323 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table271; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-53 in Table B.

Table 324 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table271; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-54 in Table B.

Table 325: Compounds I wherein L is —OCH₂—, r is 0, W is O, Q is —NCH₃—and wherein the meaning of R³ is selected in each case from any one ofthe groups R3-1 to R3-193 in Table A; and wherein the combination ofsubstituents R¹, Y and R^(Y) corresponds to line B-1 in Table B.

Table 326 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table325; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-2 in Table B.

Table 327 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table325; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-3 in Table B.

Table 328 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table325; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-4 in Table B.

Table 329 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table325; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-5 in Table B.

Table 330 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table325; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-6 in Table B.

Table 331 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table325; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-7 in Table B.

Table 332 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table325; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-8 in Table B.

Table 333 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table325; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-9 in Table B.

Table 334 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table325; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-10 in Table B.

Table 335 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table325; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-11 in Table B.

Table 336 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table325; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-12 in Table B.

Table 337 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table325; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-13 in Table B.

Table 338 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table325; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-14 in Table B.

Table 339 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table325; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-15 in Table B.

Table 340 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table325; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-16 in Table B.

Table 341 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table325; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-17 in Table B.

Table 342 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table325; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-18 in Table B.

Table 343 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table325; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-19 in Table B.

Table 344 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table325; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-20 in Table B.

Table 345 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table325; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-21 in Table B.

Table 346 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table325; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-22 in Table B.

Table 347 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table325; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-23 in Table B.

Table 348 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table325; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-24 in Table B.

Table 349 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table325; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-25 in Table B.

Table 350 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table325; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-26 in Table B.

Table 351 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table325; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-27 in Table B.

Table 352 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table325; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-28 in Table B.

Table 353 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table325; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-29 in Table B.

Table 354 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table325; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-30 in Table B.

Table 355 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table325; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-31 in Table B.

Table 356 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table325; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-32 in Table B.

Table 357 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table325; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-33 in Table B.

Table 358 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table325; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-34 in Table B.

Table 359 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table325; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-35 in Table B.

Table 360 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table325; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-36 in Table B.

Table 361 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table325; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-37 in Table B.

Table 362 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table325; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-38 in Table B.

Table 363 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table325; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-39 in Table B.

Table 364 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table325; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-40 in Table B.

Table 365 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table325; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-41 in Table B.

Table 366 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table325; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-42 in Table B.

Table 367 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table325; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-43 in Table B.

Table 368 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table325; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-44 in Table B.

Table 369 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table325; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-45 in Table B.

Table 370 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table325; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-46 in Table B.

Table 371 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table325; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-47 in Table B.

Table 372 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table325; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-48 in Table B.

Table 373 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table325; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-49 in Table B.

Table 374 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table325; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-50 in Table B.

Table 375 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table325; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-51 in Table B.

Table 376 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table325; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-52 in Table B.

Table 377 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table325; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-53 in Table B.

Table 378 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table325; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-54 in Table B.

Table 379: Compounds I wherein L is —CH₂—O—N═C(CH₃)—, r is 0, W is O, Qis —NCH₃— and wherein the meaning of R³ is selected in each case fromany one of the groups R3-1 to R3-193 in Table A; and wherein thecombination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y) corresponds to line B-1 inTable B.

Table 380 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table379; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-2 in Table B.

Table 381 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table379; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-3 in Table B.

Table 382 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table379; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-4 in Table B.

Table 383 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table379; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-5 in Table B.

Table 384 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table379; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-6 in Table B.

Table 385 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table379; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-7 in Table B.

Table 386 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table379; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-8 in Table B.

Table 387 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table379; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-9 in Table B.

Table 388 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table379; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-10 in Table B.

Table 389 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table379; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-11 in Table B.

Table 390 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table379; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-12 in Table B.

Table 391 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table379; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-13 in Table B.

Table 392 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table379; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-14 in Table B.

Table 393 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table379; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-15 in Table B.

Table 394 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table379; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-16 in Table B.

Table 395 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table379; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-17 in Table B.

Table 396 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table379; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-18 in Table B.

Table 397 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table379; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-19 in Table B.

Table 398 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table379; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-20 in Table B.

Table 399 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table379; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-21 in Table B.

Table 400 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table379; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-22 in Table B.

Table 401 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table379; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-23 in Table B.

Table 402 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table379; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-24 in Table B.

Table 403 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table379; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-25 in Table B.

Table 404 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table379; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-26 in Table B.

Table 405 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table379; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-27 in Table B.

Table 406 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table379; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-28 in Table B.

Table 407 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table379; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-29 in Table B.

Table 408 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table379; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-30 in Table B.

Table 409 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table379; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-31 in Table B.

Table 410 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table379; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-32 in Table B.

Table 411 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table379; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-33 in Table B.

Table 412 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table379; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-34 in Table B.

Table 413 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table379; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-35 in Table B.

Table 414 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table379; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-36 in Table B.

Table 415 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table379; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-37 in Table B.

Table 416 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table379; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-38 in Table B.

Table 417 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table379; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-39 in Table B.

Table 418 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table379; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-40 in Table B.

Table 419 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table379; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-41 in Table B.

Table 420 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table379; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-42 in Table B.

Table 421 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table379; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-43 in Table B.

Table 422 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table379; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-44 in Table B.

Table 423 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table379; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-45 in Table B.

Table 424 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table379; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-46 in Table B.

Table 425 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table379; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-47 in Table B.

Table 426 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table379; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-48 in Table B.

Table 427 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table379; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-49 in Table B.

Table 428 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table379; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-50 in Table B.

Table 429 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table379; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-51 in Table B.

Table 430 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table379; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-52 in Table B.

Table 431 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table379; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-53 in Table B.

Table 432 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table379; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-54 in Table B.

Table 433: Compounds I wherein L is —O—N═C(CH₃)—, r is 0, W is O, Q is—NCH₃— and wherein the meaning of R³ is selected in each case from anyone of the groups R3-1 to R3-193 in Table A; and wherein the combinationof substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y) corresponds to line B-1 in Table B.

Table 434 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table433; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-2 in Table B.

Table 435 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table433; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-3 in Table B.

Table 436 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table433; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-4 in Table B.

Table 437 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table433; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-5 in Table B.

Table 438 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table433; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-6 in Table B.

Table 439 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table433; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-7 in Table B.

Table 440 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table433; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-8 in Table B.

Table 441 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table433; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-9 in Table B.

Table 442 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table433; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-10 in Table B.

Table 443 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table433; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-11 in Table B.

Table 444 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table433; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-12 in Table B.

Table 445 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table433; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-13 in Table B.

Table 446 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table433; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-14 in Table B.

Table 447 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table433; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-15 in Table B.

Table 448 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table433; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-16 in Table B.

Table 449 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table433; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-17 in Table B.

Table 450 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table433; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-18 in Table B.

Table 451 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table433; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-19 in Table B.

Table 452 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table433; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-20 in Table B.

Table 453 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table433; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-21 in Table B.

Table 454 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table433; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-22 in Table B.

Table 455 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table433; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-23 in Table B.

Table 456 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table433; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-24 in Table B.

Table 457 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table433; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-25 in Table B.

Table 458 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table433; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-26 in Table B.

Table 459 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table433; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-27 in Table B.

Table 460 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table433; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-28 in Table B.

Table 461 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table433; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-29 in Table B.

Table 462 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table433; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-30 in Table B.

Table 463 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table433; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-31 in Table B.

Table 464 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table433; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-32 in Table B.

Table 465 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table433; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-33 in Table B.

Table 466 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table433; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-34 in Table B.

Table 467 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table433; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-35 in Table B.

Table 468 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table433; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-36 in Table B.

Table 469 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table433; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-37 in Table B.

Table 470 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table433; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-38 in Table B.

Table 471 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table433; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-39 in Table B.

Table 472 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table433; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-40 in Table B.

Table 473 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table433; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-41 in Table B.

Table 474 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table433; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-42 in Table B.

Table 475 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table433; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-43 in Table B.

Table 476 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table433; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-44 in Table B.

Table 477 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table433; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-45 in Table B.

Table 478 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table433; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-46 in Table B.

Table 479 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table433; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-47 in Table B.

Table 480 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table433; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-48 in Table B.

Table 481 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table433; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-49 in Table B.

Table 482 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table433; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-50 in Table B.

Table 483 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table433; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-51 in Table B.

Table 484 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table433; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-52 in Table B.

Table 485 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table433; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-53 in Table B.

Table 486 Compounds I wherein L, r, W, Q and R³ are as defined in Table433; and wherein the combination of substituents R¹, Y and R^(Y)corresponds to line B-54 in Table B.

The present invention furthermore relates to processes for preparingcompounds I. Compounds I can be prepared starting from commerciallyavailable halogenated benzene derivatives as described as follows:

Compounds I, wherein Q is —(NQ^(a))- can be prepared starting from nitrobenzenes 1 in Scheme 1, which can be reduced to give the N-protectedaromatic hydroxylamine 2 (Cbz=benzyloxycarbonyl) as described in Synlett2009, 5, 798-802. Further O-functionalization of compound 2 can beaccomplished as reported in the literature (e.g. Synlett 2007, 2,293-297; Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 2006, 16, 2539-2542 or Liebigs Ann.1988, 1, 35-38 for Y═N and Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2008, 30, 5135-5143 andOrg. Lett. 2010, 12, 812-815 for Y═O) and hydrogenolytic cleavage of theprotection group Cbz under standard conditions leads to O-aminocarbamates and ureas of the formula 3 as outlined in Scheme 1.

Compounds I, wherein Q is —(CQ^(b)Q^(c))- can be synthesized frombenzylic alcohol 5 in Scheme 5, which is either commercially availableor easily accessible from commercially available benzoic acids 4 throughreduction of the acid as described in, for example WO 07/121389 A2, orfrom toluene derivative 6 through regioselective bromination followed byreplacement of the bromide by hydroxide as described in, for example, WO09/100170 A1.

Synthesis of benzyl carbamate or carbonate 7 in Scheme 3 can beaccomplished through treatment of 5 with a suitable chloroformate (forcompounds I wherein Y is —O—), an alkylthiocarbamate or with anisocyanate (for compounds I wherein Y is —(NY^(a))—) as reported in Org.Lett. 2010, 12, 1360-1363; Synthesis 2008, 18, 2919-2924; or Synthesis1991, 9, 787-788.

The installation of the groups R³-L- in compounds of the formula 3 or 7,wherein L is —CH₂—, can be achieved through metal-catalyzed crosscouplings of aryl bromides of the formula II, wherein X is a leavinggroup, such as Cl, Br, iodine, alkylsulfonate, haloalkylsulfonate orphenylsulfonate, wherein the phenyl ring in the last mentioned group isunsubstituted or substituted by 1, 2 or 3 identical or differentsubstituents independently selected from halogen, cyano, nitro,C₁-C₆-alkyl or C₁-C₆-haloalkyl; preferably X is Cl or Br, for examplecompounds 3 or 7, with organometall compounds to produce targetcompounds 8 as shown in Scheme 4. A wide range of differentorganometallic compounds and catalysts can be employed, such as nickel-as well as palladium-catalysts in combination with organo-zinc,magnesium or -tin compounds.

Representative examples for such conversions can be found in J. Org.Chem. 1977, 42, 1821-1823; J. Org. Chem. 2008, 73, 8422-8436; CatalysisLetters 2012, 142, 557-565 and Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2012, 8, 1269-1277.

In a similar way compounds 9 in Scheme 5, wherein L is —CH₂CH₂—, can beobtained through palladium catalysis with the corresponding alkyl-zincand -indium compounds or with alkyl boronic acids as described forexample in Tetrahedron 2002, 58, 1465-1470; J. Org. Chem. 2003, 68,5534-5539; Org. Lett. 2007, 9, 4571-4574 and Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2003,68, 5534-5539.

Benzylic alcohol 10 in Scheme 6 is a precursor for the preparation ofcompounds I, wherein L is —OCH₂—. Compounds 10 can be prepared usingorganotin compounds II.a in a Stille-coupling as described in ChemistryLetters 1985, 7, 997-998 or WO 05/110992 A1 and depicted in Scheme 6.

Alternatively, a halogen-metal exchange and subsequent trapping of thearylanion with formaldehyde or with N,N-dimethyl formamide, followed byreduction of thus obtained aldehyde, also leads to compound 10 (see forexample: Tetrahedron 2008, 64, 11449-11461; EP 2161320 A2 or J. Chem.Soc., Perkin 1, 1987, 1573-1578).

Target compounds I, wherein L is —OCH₂— (11) and wherein W is O, can beprepared from compounds of the formula III by reaction with compoundsIII.a in analogy to known methods as described, for example, in WO12/133607 A1 and as shown in Scheme 7. The group T in compounds III is aleaving group, such as OH, Cl, Br, iodine, alkylsulfonate,haloalkylsulfonate or phenylsulfonate, wherein the phenyl ring in thelast mentioned group is unsubstituted or substituted by 1, 2 or 3identical or different substituents independently selected from haloaen,cyano, nitro, C₁-C₆-alkyl or C₁-C₆-haloalkyl; preferably T is Cl or Br.

Compounds of the formula 13, wherein L is selected from one of thegroups —C(Z)═N—O—CH₂—, —CHZ—C(Z)═N—O—CH₂—, —O—N═C(Z)—C(Z)═N—O—CH₂—,—C(═O)—C(Z)═N—O—CH₂— and —C(═N—O—Z)—C(Z)═N—O—CH₂—, can be preparedstarting from compounds of the formula III as outlined in Scheme 8.Hydroxylamine 12 can be synthesized by a substitution reaction ofcompound III for example with N-hydroxyphthalimide and subsequentcleavage of the phthalimide residue as described in J. Org. Chem. 2005,70, 6991-6994 or Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 2003, 13, 3155-3159.Subsequent condensation of compound 12 with suitable aldehydes orketones R³—C(═O)—Z, wherein Z has the meaning as defined for compoundsI, leads to the corresponding oxime ethers 13.

Alternatively, compounds 13 are also accessible through reaction ofcompounds III with oximes III.b as illustrated in Scheme 9 and asdescribed in Synthesis 2010, 10, 1724-1730.

Compounds III.a and III.b and their synthesis is either known in the artor can be accomplished following standard procedures as described in theart.

To access compounds I, wherein L is —CH₂—O—N═C(Z)— or —O—N═C(Z)—, apalladium catalyzed Stille coupling of compounds II with alkoxyvinyltinreagents can be employed as described in Synthesis 2001, 10, 1551-1555or Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 2002, 12, 2043-2046 and as depicted inScheme 10. Subsequent condensation of the resulting intermediatecarbonyl compound with suitable hydroxylamines yields oxime ethers 14 asshown in Scheme 10. As an alternative a palladium catalyzed reaction ofcompounds II with acetic anhydride can also be employed (for example:Org. Lett. 2003, 5, 289-291; WO 08/124092 A2 or WO 11/059619 A1).

Compounds 15 in Scheme 11, wherein L is —O—, can be obtained through acopper or palladium catalyzed coupling of compounds II and alcohol III.a(Scheme 11) as described in Org. Lett. 2007, 9, 643-646; Org. Lett.2012, 14, 170-173; J. Med. Chem. 2010, 53, 8679-8687 or US2011/0237636.

For the synthesis of biaryls 16 in Scheme 12, wherein L is a directbond, a variety of different methods such as those described in WO08/124092 A2 or WO 11/059619 A1 can be employed depending on the natureof the aromatic ring of R³.

Depending on the nature of the starting materials it may be advantageousto prepare compounds I in a reversed order of transformations ascompared to the syntheses described in Schemes 4 to 12, in the sensethat benzylic alcohol 5 may be subjected to a metal-catalyzed crosscoupling in a first step to install the side chain followed by theformation of the carbonate according to the procedures described herein.

Compounds I, wherein W is S, can be prepared from the corresponding oxoanalogues, i.e. wherein W is O, for example in analogy to methodsdescribed in US 20100022538 A1, J. Med. Chem. (2011), 54(9), 3241-3250,J. Org. Chem. (2011), 76(6), 1546-1553, Org. Lett. (2010) or 12(23),5570-5572.

Compounds I, wherein Q is —C(═N—O-Qa)-, can be prepared from thecorresponding oxo analogues, i.e. wherein Q is —C(═O)—, in analogy to WO2007/075598 or from compounds I wherein Q is —C(═S)— according to WO2008/039520 and O'zbekiston Kimyo Jurnali (2004) 4, 3-6.

Preference is also given to the uses, methods, mixtures andcompositions, wherein the definitions (such as phytopathogenic fungi,treatments, crops, compounds II, further active ingredients, solvents,solid carriers) have independently of each other or more preferably incombination the following meanings and even more preferably incombination (any possible combination of 2 or more definitions asprovided herein) with the preferred meanings of compounds I herein:

According to one embodiment of the invention, the invention also relatesto a method for combating phytopathogenic fungi containing a mutation inthe mitochondrial cytochrome b gene conferring resistance to Qoinhibitors, comprising: treating the phytopathogenic fungi containing amutation in the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene conferring resistance toQo inhibitors or the materials, plants, the soil or seeds that are atrisk of being diseased from phytopathogenic fungi containing a mutationin the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene conferring resistance to Qoinhibitors with an effective amount of at least one compound I, or acomposition comprising it thereof.

The term “phytopathogenic fungi containing a mutation in themitochondrial cytochrome b gene conferring resistance to Qo inhibitors”ist be understood that at least 10% of the fungal isolates to becontrolled contain a mutation in the mitochondrial cytochrome b geneconferring resistance to Qo inhibitors, more preferably at least 30%,even more preferably at least 50%, and most preferably at least 75% ofthe fungi, in particular between 90 and 100%.

It has been observed under field conditions that populations ofphytopathogenic fungi apparently consisting of non-resistant strains canreadily develop resistance. The compounds can be applied under suchconditions, too, in order to prevent the formation of resistance and thespread of resistant strains altogether. In this regard it is useful thatthey have strong activity against non-resistant phytopathogenic fungialso.

According to another embodiment, the method for combatingphytopathogenic fungi, comprises: a) identifying the phytopathogenicfungi containing a mutation in the mitochondrial cytochrome b geneconferring resistance to Qo inhibitors, or the materials, plants, thesoil or seeds that are at risk of being diseased from phytopathogenicfungi as defined herein, and b) treating said fungi or the materials,plants, the soil or seeds with an effective amount of at least onecompound I, or a composition comprising it thereof.

According to another embodiment of the invention, the invention alsorelates to a method for combating phytopathogenic fungi containing amutation in the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene conferring resistance toQo inhibitors, comprising: treating the phytopathogenic fungi whereof atleast 10% contain a mutation in the mitochondrial cytochrome b geneconferring resistance to Qo inhibitors or the materials, plants, thesoil or seeds that are at risk of being diseased from phytopathogenicfungi containing a mutation in the mitochondrial cytochrome b geneconferring resistance to Qo inhibitors with an effective amount of atleast one compound I, or a composition comprising it thereof; morepreferably at least 30%, even more preferably at least 50%, and mostpreferably at least 75% of the fungi contain a mutation in themitochondrial cytochrome b gene conferring resistance to Qo inhibitors.

According to one embodiment of the use and the method for combatingphytopathogenic fungi, wherein the mutation in the mitochondrialcytochrome b gene of the phytopathogenic fungi is G143A.

According to another embodiment, the phytopathogenic fungi are selectedfrom the group consisting of basidomycetes, ascomycetes, and oomycetes.

According to a further embodiment, the phytopathogenic fungi areselected from the group consisting of Alternaria alternata, Blumeriagraminis, Pyriculania oryzae (also known as Magnaporthe grisea),Septoria tritici (also known as Mycosphaerella graminicola),Mycosphaerella fijiensis, Venturia inaequalis, Pyrenophora teres,Pyrenophona tritici-repentis and Plasmopara viticola, in particularSeptoria tritici.

The compounds I and the compositions according to the invention,respectively, are suitable as fungicides. They are distinguished by anoutstanding effectiveness against a broad spectrum of phytopathogenicfungi, including soil-borne fungi, which derive especially from theclasses of the Plasmodiophoromycetes, Peronosporomycetes (syn.Oomycetes), Chytridiomycetes, Zygomycetes, Ascomycetes, Basidiomycetesand Deuteromycetes (syn. Fungi imperfecti). Some are systemicallyeffective and they can be used in crop protection as foliar fungicides,fungicides for seed dressing and soil fungicides. Moreover, they aresuitable for controlling harmful fungi, which inter alia occur in woodor roots of plants.

The compounds I and the compositions according to the invention areparticularly important in the control of a multitude of phytopathogenicfungi on various cultivated plants, such as cereals, e.g. wheat, rye,barley, triticale, oats or rice; beet, e.g. sugar beet or fodder beet;fruits, such as pomes, stone fruits or soft fruits, e.g. apples, pears,plums, peaches, almonds, cherries, strawberries, raspberries,blackberries or gooseberries; leguminous plants, such as lentils, peas,alfalfa or soybeans; oil plants, such as rape, mustard, olives,sunflowers, coconut, cocoa beans, castor oil plants, oil palms, groundnuts or soybeans; cucurbits, such as squashes, cucumber or melons; fiberplants, such as cotton, flax, hemp or jute; citrus fruit, such asoranges, lemons, grapefruits or mandarins; vegetables, such as spinach,lettuce, asparagus, cabbages, carrots, onions, tomatoes, potatoes,cucurbits or paprika; lauraceous plants, such as avocados, cinnamon orcamphor; energy and raw material plants, such as corn, soybean, rape,sugar cane or oil palm; corn; tobacco; nuts; coffee; tea; bananas; vines(table grapes and grape juice grape vines); hop; turf; sweet leaf (alsocalled Stevia); natural rubber plants or ornamental and forestry plants,such as flowers, shrubs, broad-leaved trees or evergreens, e.g.conifers; and on the plant propagation material, such as seeds, and thecrop material of these plants. Preferably, compounds I and compositionsthereof, respectively are used for controlling a multitude of fungi onfield crops, such as potatoes sugar beets, tobacco, wheat, rye, barley,oats, rice, corn, cotton, soybeans, rape, legumes, sunflowers, coffee orsugar cane; fruits; vines; ornamentals; or vegetables, such ascucumbers, tomatoes, beans or squashes.

The term “plant propagation material” is to be understood to denote allthe generative parts of the plant such as seeds and vegetative plantmaterial such as cuttings and tubers (e.g. potatoes), which can be usedfor the multiplication of the plant. This includes seeds, roots, fruits,tubers, bulbs, rhizomes, shoots, sprouts and other parts of plants,including seedlings and young plants, which are to be transplanted aftergermination or after emergence from soil. These young plants may also beprotected before transplantation by a total or partial treatment byimmersion or pouring.

Preferably, treatment of plant propagation materials with compounds Iand compositions thereof, respectively, is used for controlling amultitude of fungi on cereals, such as wheat, rye, barley and oats;rice, corn, cotton and soybeans.

The term “cultivated plants” is to be understood as including plantswhich have been modified by breeding, mutagenesis or genetic engineeringincluding but not limiting to agricultural biotech products on themarket or in development (cf. http://cera-gmc.org/, see GM crop databasetherein). Genetically modified plants are plants, which genetic materialhas been so modified by the use of recombinant DNA techniques that undernatural circumstances cannot readily be obtained by cross breeding,mutations or natural recombination. Typically, one or more genes havebeen integrated into the genetic material of a genetically modifiedplant in order to improve certain properties of the plant. Such geneticmodifications also include but are not limited to targetedpost-translational modification of protein(s), oligo- or polypeptidese.g. by glycosylation or polymer additions such as prenylated,acetylated or farnesylated moieties or PEG moieties. Plants that havebeen modified by breeding, mutagenesis or genetic engineering, e.g. havebeen rendered tolerant to applications of specific classes ofherbicides, such as auxin herbicides such as dicamba or 2,4-D; bleacherherbicides such as hydroxylphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (HPPD) inhibitorsor phytoene desaturase (PDS) inhibittors; acetolactate synthase (ALS)inhibitors such as sulfonyl ureas or imidazolinones;enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS) inhibitors, such asglyphosate; glutamine synthetase (GS) inhibitors such as glufosinate;protoporphyrinogen-IX oxidase inhibitors; lipid biosynthesis inhibitorssuch as acetyl CoA carboxylase (ACCase) inhibitors; or oxynil (i.e.bromoxynil or ioxynil) herbicides as a result of conventional methods ofbreeding or genetic engineering. Furthermore, plants have been maderesistant to multiple classes of herbicides through multiple geneticmodifications, such as resistance to both glyphosate and glufosinate orto both glyphosate and a herbicide from another class such as ALSinhibitors, HPPD inhibitors, auxin herbicides, or ACCase inhibitors.These herbicide resistance technologies are e.g. described in PestManagem. Sci. 61, 2005, 246; 61, 2005, 258; 61, 2005, 277; 61, 2005,269; 61, 2005, 286; 64, 2008, 326; 64, 2008, 332; Weed Sci. 57, 2009,108; Austral. J. Agricult. Res. 58, 2007, 708; Science 316, 2007, 1185;and references quoted therein. Several cultivated plants have beenrendered tolerant to herbicides by conventional methods of breeding(mutagenesis), e.g. Clearfield® summer rape (Canola, BASF SE, Germany)being tolerant to imidazolinones, e.g. imazamox, or ExpressSun®sunflowers (DuPont, USA) being tolerant to sulfonyl ureas, e.g.tribenuron. Genetic engineering methods have been used to rendercultivated plants such as soybean, cotton, corn, beets and rape,tolerant to herbicides such as glyphosate and glufosinate, some of whichare commercially available under the trade names RoundupReady®(glyphosate-tolerant, Monsanto, U.S.A.), Cultivance® (imidazolinonetolerant, BASF SE, Germany) and LibertyLink® (glufosinate-tolerant,Bayer CropScience, Germany).

Furthermore, plants are also covered that are by the use of recombinantDNA techniques capable to synthesize one or more insecticidal proteins,especially those known from the bacterial genus Bacillus, particularlyfrom Bacillus thuringiensis, such as δ-endotoxins, e.g. CryIA(b),CryIA(c), CryIF, CryIF(a2), CryIIA(b), CryIIIA, CryIIIB(b1) or Cry9c;vegetative insecticidal proteins (VIP), e.g. VIP1, VIP2, VIP3 or VIP3A;insecticidal proteins of bacteria colonizing nematodes, e.g.Photorhabdus spp. or Xenorhabdus spp.; toxins produced by animals, suchas scorpion toxins, arachnid toxins, wasp toxins, or otherinsect-specific neurotoxins; toxins produced by fungi, suchStreptomycetes toxins, plant lectins, such as pea or barley lectins;agglutinins; proteinase inhibitors, such as trypsin inhibitors, serineprotease inhibitors, patatin, cystatin or papain inhibitors;ribosome-inactivating proteins (RIP), such as ricin, maize-RIP, abrin,luffin, saporin or bryodin; steroid metabolism enzymes, such as3-hydroxysteroid oxidase, ecdysteroid-IDP-glycosyl-transferase,cholesterol oxidases, ecdysone inhibitors or HMG-CoA-reductase; ionchannel blockers, such as blockers of sodium or calcium channels;juvenile hormone esterase; diuretic hormone receptors (helicokininreceptors); stilbene synthase, bibenzyl synthase, chitinases orglucanases. In the context of the present invention these insecticidalproteins or toxins are to be understood expressly also as pre-toxins,hybrid proteins, truncated or otherwise modified proteins. Hybridproteins are characterized by a new combination of protein domains,(see, e.g. WO 02/015701). Further examples of such toxins or geneticallymodified plants capable of synthesizing such toxins are disclosed, e.g.,in EP-A 374 753, WO 93/007278, WO 95/34656, EP-A 427 529, EP-A 451 878,WO 03/18810 und WO 03/52073. The methods for producing such geneticallymodified plants are generally known to the person skilled in the art andare described, e.g. in the publications mentioned above. Theseinsecticidal proteins contained in the genetically modified plantsimpart to the plants producing these proteins tolerance to harmful pestsfrom all taxonomic groups of arthropods, especially to beetles(Coeloptera), two-winged insects (Diptera), and moths (Lepidoptera) andto nematodes (Nematoda). Genetically modified plants capable tosynthesize one or more insecticidal proteins are, e.g., described in thepublications mentioned above, and some of which are commerciallyavailable such as YieldGard® (corn cultivars producing the Cry1Abtoxin), YieldGard® Plus (corn cultivars producing Cry1Ab and Cry3Bb1toxins), Starlink® (corn cultivars producing the Cry9c toxin), Herculex®RW (corn cultivars producing Cry34Ab1, Cry35Ab1 and the enzymephosphinothricin-N-acetyltransferase [PAT]); NuCOTN® 33B (cottoncultivars producing the Cry1Ac toxin), Bollgard® I (cotton cultivarsproducing the Cry1Ac toxin), Bollgard® II (cotton cultivars producingCry1Ac and Cry2Ab2 toxins); VIPCOT® (cotton cultivars producing aVIP-toxin); NewLeaf® (potato cultivars producing the Cry3A toxin);Bt-Xtra®, NatureGard®, KnockOut®, BiteGard®, Protecta®, Bt11 (e.g.Agrisure® CB) and Bt176 from Syngenta Seeds SAS, France, (corn cultivarsproducing the Cry1Ab toxin and PAT enyzme), MIR604 from Syngenta SeedsSAS, France (corn cultivars producing a modified version of the Cry3Atoxin, c.f. WO 03/018810), MON 863 from Monsanto Europe S.A., Belgium(corn cultivars producing the Cry3Bb1 toxin), IPC 531 from MonsantoEurope S.A., Belgium (cotton cultivars producing a modified version ofthe Cry1Ac toxin) and 1507 from Pioneer Overseas Corporation, Belgium(corn cultivars producing the Cry1F toxin and PAT enzyme). Furthermore,plants are also covered that are by the use of recombinant DNAtechniques capable to synthesize one or more proteins to increase theresistance or tolerance of those plants to bacterial, viral or fungalpathogens. Examples of such proteins are the so-called“pathogenesis-related proteins” (PR proteins, see, e.g. EP-A 392 225),plant disease resistance genes (e.g. potato cultivars, which expressresistance genes acting against Phytophthora infestans derived from theMexican wild potato Solanum bulbocastanum) or T4-lysozym (e.g. potatocultivars capable of synthesizing these proteins with increasedresistance against bacteria such as Erwinia amylvora). The methods forproducing such genetically modified plants are generally known to theperson skilled in the art and are described, e.g. in the publicationsmentioned above.

Furthermore, plants are also covered that are by the use of recombinantDNA techniques capable to synthesize one or more proteins to increasethe productivity (e.g. bio mass production, grain yield, starch content,oil content or protein content), tolerance to drought, salinity or othergrowth-limiting environmental factors or tolerance to pests and fungal,bacterial or viral pathogens of those plants.

Furthermore, plants are also covered that contain by the use ofrecombinant DNA techniques a modified amount of substances of content ornew substances of content, specifically to improve human or animalnutrition, e.g. oil crops that produce health-promoting long-chainomega-3 fatty acids or unsaturated omega-9 fatty acids (e.g. Nexera®rape, DOW Agro Sciences, Canada).

Furthermore, plants are also covered that contain by the use ofrecombinant DNA techniques a modified amount of substances of content ornew substances of content, specifically to improve raw materialproduction, e.g. potatoes that produce increased amounts of amylopectin(e.g. Amflora® potato, BASF SE, Germany).

The compounds I and compositions thereof, respectively, are particularlysuitable for controlling the following plant diseases:

Albugo spp. (white rust) on ornamentals, vegetables (e.g. A. candida)and sunflowers (e.g. A. tragopogonis); Alternaria spp. (Alternaria leafspot) on vegetables, rape (A. brassicola or brassicae), sugar beets (A.tenuis), fruits, rice, soybeans, potatoes (e.g. A. solani or A.alternata), tomatoes (e.g. A. solani or A. alternata) and wheat;Aphanomyces spp. on sugar beets and vegetables; Ascochyta spp. oncereals and vegetables, e.g. A. tritici (anthracnose) on wheat and A.hordei on barley; Bipolaris and Drechslera spp. (teleomorph:Cochliobolus spp.), e.g. Southern leaf blight (D. maydis) or Northernleaf blight (B. zeicola) on corn, e.g. spot blotch (B. sorokiniana) oncereals and e.g. B. oryzae on rice and turfs; Blumeria (formerlyErysiphe) graminis (powdery mildew) on cereals (e.g. on wheat orbarley); Botrytis cinerea (teleomorph: Botryotinia fuckeliana: greymold) on fruits and berries (e.g. strawberries), vegetables (e.g.lettuce, carrots, celery and cabbages), rape, flowers, vines, forestryplants and wheat; Bremia lactucae (downy mildew) on lettuce;Ceratocystis (syn. Ophiostoma) spp. (rot or wilt) on broad-leaved treesand evergreens, e.g. C. ulmi (Dutch elm disease) on elms; Cercosporaspp. (Cercospora leaf spots) on corn (e.g. Gray leaf spot: C.zeae-maydis), rice, sugar beets (e.g. C. beticola), sugar cane,vegetables, coffee, soybeans (e.g. C. sojina or C. kikuchii) and rice;Cladosporium spp. on tomatoes (e.g. C. fulvum: leaf mold) and cereals,e.g. C. herbarum (black ear) on wheat; Claviceps purpurea (ergot) oncereals; Cochliobolus (anamorph: Helminthosporium of Bipolaris) spp.(leaf spots) on corn (C. carbonum), cereals (e.g. C. sativus, anamorph:B. sorokiniana) and rice (e.g. C. miyabeanus, anamorph: H. oryzae);Colletotrichum (teleomorph: Glomerella) spp. (anthracnose) on cotton(e.g. C. gossypii), corn (e.g. C. graminicola: Anthracnose stalk rot),soft fruits, potatoes (e.g. C. coccodes black dot), beans (e.g. C.lindemuthianum) and soybeans (e.g. C. truncatum or C. gloeosporioides);Corticium spp., e.g. C. sasakii (sheath blight) on rice; Corynesporacassiicola (leaf spots) on soybeans and ornamentals; Cycloconium spp.,e.g. C. oleaginum on olive trees; Cylindrocarpon spp. (e.g. fruit treecanker or young vine decline, teleomorph: Nectria or Neonectria spp.) onfruit trees, vines (e.g. C. liriodendri, teleomorph: Neonectrialiriodendri Black Foot Disease) and ornamentals; Dematophora(teleomorph: Rosellinia) necatrix (root and stem rot) on soybeans;Diaporthe spp., e.g. D. phaseolorum (damping off) on soybeans;Drechslera (syn. Helminthosporium, teleomorph: Pyrenophora) spp. oncorn, cereals, such as barley (e.g. D. teres, net blotch) and wheat(e.g. D. tritici-repentis: tan spot), rice and turf; Esca (dieback,apoplexy) on vines, caused by Formitiporia (syn. Phellinus) punctata, F.mediterranea, Phaeomoniella chlamydospora (earlier Phaeoacremoniumchlamydosporum), Phaeoacremonium aleophilum and/or Botryosphaeriaobtusa; Elsinoe spp. on pome fruits (E. pyri), soft fruits (E. veneta:anthracnose) and vines (E. ampelina: anthracnose); Entyloma oryzae (leafsmut) on rice; Epicoccum spp. (black mold) on wheat; Erysiphe spp.(powdery mildew) on sugar beets (E. betae), vegetables (e.g. E. pisi),such as cucurbits (e.g. E. cichoracearum), cabbages, rape (e.g. E.cruciferarum); Eutypa lata (Eutypa canker or dieback, anamorph:Cytosporina lata, syn. Libertella blepharis) on fruit trees, vines andornamental woods; Exserohilum (syn. Helminthosporium) spp. on corn (e.g.E. turcicum); Fusarium (teleomorph: Gibberella) spp. (wilt, root or stemrot) on various plants, such as F. graminearum or F. culmorum (root rot,scab or head blight) on cereals (e.g. wheat or barley), F. oxysporum ontomatoes, F. solani (f. sp. glycines now syn. F. virguliforme) and F.tucumaniae and F. brasiliense each causing sudden death syndrome onsoybeans, and F. verticillioides on corn; Gaeumannomyces graminis(take-all) on cereals (e.g. wheat or barley) and corn; Gibberella spp.on cereals (e.g. G. zeae) and rice (e.g. G. fujikuroi Bakanae disease);Glomerella cingulata on vines, pome fruits and other plants and G.gossypii on cotton; Grainstaining complex on rice; Guignardia bidwellii(black rot) on vines; Gymnosporangium spp. on rosaceous plants andjunipers, e.g. G. sabinae (rust) on pears; Helminthosporium spp. (syn.Drechslera, teleomorph: Cochliobolus) on corn, cereals and rice;Hemileia spp., e.g. H. vastatrix (coffee leaf rust) on coffee;Isariopsis clavispora (syn. Cladosporium vitis) on vines; Macrophominaphaseolina (syn. phaseoli) (root and stem rot) on soybeans and cotton;Microdochium (syn. Fusarium) n/vale (pink snow mold) on cereals (e.g.wheat or barley); Microsphaera diffusa (powdery mildew) on soybeans;Monilinia spp., e.g. M. laxa, M. fructicola and M. fructigena (bloom andtwig blight, brown rot) on stone fruits and other rosaceous plants;Mycosphaerella spp. on cereals, bananas, soft fruits and ground nuts,such as e.g. M. graminicola (anamorph: Septoria tritici, Septoriablotch) on wheat or M. fijiensis (black Sigatoka disease) on bananas;Peronospora spp. (downy mildew) on cabbage (e.g. P. brassicae), rape(e.g. P. parasitica), onions (e.g. P. destructor), tobacco (P. tabacina)and soybeans (e.g. P. manshurica); Phakopsora pachyrhizi and P.meibomiae (soybean rust) on soybeans; Phialophora spp. e.g. on vines(e.g. P. tracheiphila and P. tetraspora) and soybeans (e.g. P. gregata:stem rot); Phoma lingam (root and stem rot) on rape and cabbage and P.betae (root rot, leaf spot and damping-off) on sugar beets; Phomopsisspp. on sunflowers, vines (e.g. P. viticola: can and leaf spot) andsoybeans (e.g. stem rot: P. phaseol, teleomorph: Diaporthe phaseolorum);Physoderma maydis (brown spots) on corn; Phytophthora spp. (wilt, root,leaf, fruit and stem root) on various plants, such as paprika andcucurbits (e.g. P. capsici), soybeans (e.g. P. megasperma, syn. P.sojae), potatoes and tomatoes (e.g. P. infestans, late blight) andbroad-leaved trees (e.g. P. ramorum: sudden oak death); Plasmodiophorabrassicae (club root) on cabbage, rape, radish and other plants;Plasmopara spp., e.g. P. viticola (grapevine downy mildew) on vines andP. halstedii on sunflowers; Podosphaera spp. (powdery mildew) onrosaceous plants, hop, pome and soft fruits, e.g. P. leucotricha onapples; Polymyxa spp., e.g. on cereals, such as barley and wheat (P.graminis) and sugar beets (P. betae) and thereby transmitted viraldiseases; Pseudocercosporella herpotrichoides (eyespot, teleomorph:Tapesia yallundae) on cereals, e.g. wheat or barley; Pseudoperonospora(downy mildew) on various plants, e.g. P. cubensis on cucurbits or P.humili on hop; Pseudopezicula tracheiphila (red fire disease or‘rotbrenner’, anamorph: Phialophora) on vines; Puccinia spp. (rusts) onvarious plants, e.g. P. triticina (brown or leaf rust), P. striiformis(stripe or yellow rust), P. hordei/(dwarf rust), P. graminis (stem orblack rust) or P. recondita (brown or leaf rust) on cereals, such ase.g. wheat, barley or rye, P. kuehnii (orange rust) on sugar cane and P.asparagi on asparagus; Pyrenophora (anamorph: Drechslera)tritici-repentis (tan spot) on wheat or P. teres (net blotch) on barley;Pyricularia spp., e.g. P. oryzae (teleomorph: Magnaporthe grisea, riceblast) on rice and P. grisea on turf and cereals; Pythium spp.(damping-off) on turf, rice, corn, wheat, cotton, rape, sunflowers,soybeans, sugar beets, vegetables and various other plants (e.g. P.ultimum or P. aphanidermatum); Ramularia spp., e.g. R. collo-cygni(Ramularia leaf spots, Physiological leaf spots) on barley and R.beticola on sugar beets; Rhizoctonia spp. on cotton, rice, potatoes,turf, corn, rape, potatoes, sugar beets, vegetables and various otherplants, e.g. R. solani (root and stem rot) on soybeans, R. solani(sheath blight) on rice or R. cereallis (Rhizoctonia spring blight) onwheat or barley; Rhizopus stolonifer (black mold, soft rot) onstrawberries, carrots, cabbage, vines and tomatoes; Rhynchosporiumsecalis (scald) on barley, rye and triticale; Sarocladium oryzae and S.attenuatum (sheath rot) on rice; Sclerotinia spp. (stem rot or whitemold) on vegetables and field crops, such as rape, sunflowers (e.g. S.sclerotiorum) and soybeans (e.g. S. rolfsii or S. sclerotiorum);Septoria spp. on various plants, e.g. S. glycines (brown spot) onsoybeans, S. tritici (Septoria blotch) on wheat and S. (syn.Stagonospora) nodorum (Stagonospora blotch) on cereals; Uncinula (syn.Erysiphe) necator (powdery mildew, anamorph: Oidium tuckeri) on vines;Setospaeria spp. (leaf blight) on corn (e.g. S. turcicum, syn.Helminthosporium turcicum) and turf; Sphacelotheca spp. (smut) on corn,(e.g. S. reiliana: head smut), sorghum und sugar cane; Sphaerothecafuliginea (powdery mildew) on cucurbits; Spongospora subterranea(powdery scab) on potatoes and thereby transmitted viral diseases;Stagonospora spp. on cereals, e.g. S. nodorum (Stagonospora blotch,teleomorph: Leptosphaeria [syn. Phaeosphaeria] nodorum) on wheat;Synchytrium endobioticum on potatoes (potato wart disease); Taphrinaspp., e.g. T. deformans (leaf curl disease) on peaches and T. pruni(plum pocket) on plums; Thielaviopsis spp. (black root rot) on tobacco,pome fruits, vegetables, soybeans and cotton, e.g. T. basicola (syn.Chalara elegans); Tilletia spp. (common bunt or stinking smut) oncereals, such as e.g. T. tritici (syn. T. caries, wheat bunt) and T.controversa (dwarf bunt) on wheat; Typhula incarnata (grey snow mold) onbarley or wheat; Urocystis spp., e.g. U. occulta (stem smut) on rye;Uromyces spp. (rust) on vegetables, such as beans (e.g. U.appendiculatus, syn. U. phaseoli) and sugar beets (e.g. U. betae);Ustilago spp. (loose smut) on cereals (e.g. U. nuda and U. avaenae),corn (e.g. U. maydis: corn smut) and sugar cane; Venturia spp. (scab) onapples (e.g. V. inaequalis) and pears; and Verticillium spp. (wilt) onvarious plants, such as fruits and ornamentals, vines, soft fruits,vegetables and field crops, e.g. V. dahliae on strawberries, rape,potatoes and tomatoes. The compounds I and compositions thereof,respectively, are also suitable for controlling harmful fungi in theprotection of stored products or harvest and in the protection ofmaterials. The term “protection of materials” is to be understood todenote the protection of technical and non-living materials, such asadhesives, glues, wood, paper and paperboard, textiles, leather, paintdispersions, plastics, cooling lubricants, fiber or fabrics, against theinfestation and destruction by harmful microorganisms, such as fungi andbacteria. As to the protection of wood and other materials, theparticular attention is paid to the following harmful fungi: Ascomycetessuch as Ophiostoma spp., Ceratocystis spp., Aureobasidium pullulans,Scerophoma spp., Chaetomium spp., Humicola spp., Petriella spp.,Trichurus spp.; Basidiomycetes such as Coniophora spp., Coriolus spp.,Gloeophyllum spp., Lentinus spp., Pleurotus spp., Poria spp., Serpulaspp. and Tyromyces spp., Deuteromycetes such as Aspergillus spp.,Cladosporium spp., Penicillium spp., Trichoderma spp., Alternaria spp.,Paecilomyces spp. and Zygomycetes such as Mucor spp., and in addition inthe protection of stored products and harvest the following yeast fungiare worthy of note: Candida spp. and Saccharomyces cerevisae.

The method of treatment according to the invention can also be used inthe field of protecting stored products or harvest against attack offungi and microorganisms. According to the present invention, the term“stored products” is understood to denote natural substances of plant oranimal origin and their processed forms, which have been taken from thenatural life cycle and for which long-term protection is desired. Storedproducts of crop plant origin, such as plants or parts thereof, forexample stalks, leafs, tubers, seeds, fruits or grains, can be protectedin the freshly harvested state or in processed form, such as pre-dried,moistened, comminuted, ground, pressed or roasted, which process is alsoknown as post-harvest treatment. Also falling under the definition ofstored products is timber, whether in the form of crude timber, such asconstruction timber, electricity pylons and barriers, or in the form offinished articles, such as furniture or objects made from wood. Storedproducts of animal origin are hides, leather, furs, hairs and the like.The combinations according the present invention can preventdisadvantageous effects such as decay, discoloration or mold. Preferably“stored products” is understood to denote natural substances of plantorigin and their processed forms, more preferably fruits and theirprocessed forms, such as pomes, stone fruits, soft fruits and citrusfruits and their processed forms.

The compounds I and compositions thereof, respectively, may be used forimproving the health of a plant. The invention also relates to a methodfor improving plant health by treating a plant, its propagation materialand/or the locus where the plant is growing or is to grow with aneffective amount of compounds I and compositions thereof, respectively.

The term “plant health” is to be understood to denote a condition of theplant and/or its products which is determined by several indicatorsalone or in combination with each other such as yield (e.g. increasedbiomass and/or increased content of valuable ingredients), plant vigor(e.g. improved plant growth and/or greener leaves (“greening effect”)),quality (e.g. improved content or composition of certain ingredients)and tolerance to abiotic and/or biotic stress. The above identifiedindicators for the health condition of a plant may be interdependent ormay result from each other.

The compounds of formula I can be present in different crystalmodifications whose biological activity may differ. They are likewisesubject matter of the present invention.

The compounds I are employed as such or in form of compositions bytreating the fungi or the plants, plant propagation materials, such asseeds, soil, surfaces, materials or rooms to be protected from fungalattack with a fungicidally effective amount of the active substances.The application can be carried out both before and after the infectionof the plants, plant propagation materials, such as seeds, soil,surfaces, materials or rooms by the fungi.

Plant propagation materials may be treated with compounds I as such or acomposition comprising at least one compound I prophylactically eitherat or before planting or transplanting.

The invention also relates to agrochemical compositions comprising anauxiliary and at least one compound I according to the invention.

An agrochemical composition comprises a fungicidally effective amount ofa compound I. The term “effective amount” denotes an amount of thecomposition or of the compounds I, which is sufficient for controllingharmful fungi on cultivated plants or in the protection of materials andwhich does not result in a substantial damage to the treated plants.Such an amount can vary in a broad range and is dependent on variousfactors, such as the fungal species to be controlled, the treatedcultivated plant or material, the climatic conditions and the specificcompound I used.

The compounds I, their N-oxides and salts can be converted intocustomary types of agrochemical compositions, e.g. solutions, emulsions,suspensions, dusts, powders, pastes, granules, pressings, capsules, andmixtures thereof. Examples for composition types are suspensions (e.g.SC, OD, FS), emulsifiable concentrates (e.g. EC), emulsions (e.g. EW,EO, ES, ME), capsules (e.g. CS, ZC), pastes, pastilles, wettable powdersor dusts (e.g. WP, SP, WS, DP, DS), pressings (e.g. BR, TB, DT),granules (e.g. WG, SG, GR, FG, GG, MG), insecticidal articles (e.g. LN),as well as gel formulations for the treatment of plant propagationmaterials such as seeds (e.g. GF). These and further compositions typesare defined in the “Catalogue of pesticide formulation types andinternational coding system”, Technical Monograph No. 2, 6^(th) Ed. May2008, CropLife International.

The compositions are prepared in a known manner, such as described byMollet and Grubemann, Formulation technology, Wiley VCH, Weinheim, 2001;or Knowles, New developments in crop protection product formulation,Agrow Reports DS243, T&F Informa, London, 2005.

Suitable auxiliaries are solvents, liquid carriers, solid carriers orfillers, surfactants, dispersants, emulsifiers, wetters, adjuvants,solubilizers, penetration enhancers, protective colloids, adhesionagents, thickeners, humectants, repellents, attractants, feedingstimulants, compatibilizers, bactericides, anti-freezing agents,anti-foaming agents, colorants, tackifiers and binders.

Suitable solvents and liquid carriers are water and organic solvents,such as mineral oil fractions of medium to high boiling point, e.g.kerosene, diesel oil; oils of vegetable or animal origin; aliphatic,cyclic and aromatic hydrocarbons, e.g. toluene, paraffin,tetrahydronaphthalene, alkylated naphthalenes; alcohols, e.g. ethanol,propanol, butanol, benzyl alcohol, cyclohexanol; glycols; DMSO; ketones,e.g. cyclohexanone; esters, e.g. lactates, carbonates, fatty acidesters, gamma-butyrolactone; fatty acids; phosphonates; amines; amides,e.g. N-methyl pyrrolidone, fatty acid dimethyl amides; and mixturesthereof. Suitable solid carriers or fillers are mineral earths, e.g.silicates, silica gels, talc, kaolins, limestone, lime, chalk, clays,dolomite, diatomaceous earth, bentonite, calcium sulfate, magnesiumsulfate, magnesium oxide; polysaccharides, e.g. cellulose, starch;fertilizers, e.g. ammonium sulfate, ammonium phosphate, ammoniumnitrate, ureas; products of vegetable origin, e.g. cereal meal, treebark meal, wood meal, nutshell meal, and mixtures thereof. Suitablesurfactants are surface-active compounds, such as anionic, cationic,nonionic and amphoteric surfactants, block polymers, polyelectrolytes,and mixtures thereof. Such surfactants can be used as emulisifier,dispersant, solubilizer, wetter, penetration enhancer, protectivecolloid, or adjuvant. Examples of surfactants are listed inMcCutcheon's, Vol. 1: Emulsifiers & Detergents, McCutcheon'sDirectories, Glen Rock, USA, 2008 (International Ed. or North AmericanEd.).

Suitable anionic surfactants are alkali, alkaline earth or ammoniumsalts of sulfonates, sulfates, phosphates, carboxylates, and mixturesthereof. Examples of sulfonates are alkylaryl sulfonates, diphenylsulfonates, alpha-olefin sulfonates, lignin sulfonates, sulfonates offatty acids and oils, sulfonates of ethoxylated alkylphenols, sulfonatesof alkoxylated arylphenols, sulfonates of condensed naphthalenes,sulfonates of dodecyl- and tridecylbenzenes, sulfonates of naphthalenesand alkyl naphthalenes, sulfosuccinates or sulfosuccinamates. Examplesof sulfates are sulfates of fatty acids and oils, of ethoxylatedalkylphenols, of alcohols, of ethoxylated alcohols, or of fatty acidesters. Examples of phosphates are phosphate esters. Examples ofcarboxylates are alkyl carboxylates, and carboxylated alcohol oralkylphenol ethoxylates.

Suitable nonionic surfactants are alkoxylates, N-substituted fatty acidamides, amine oxides, esters, sugar-based surfactants, polymericsurfactants, and mixtures thereof. Examples of alkoxylates are compoundssuch as alcohols, alkylphenols, amines, amides, arylphenols, fatty acidsor fatty acid esters which have been alkoxylated with 1 to 50equivalents. Ethylene oxide and/or propylene oxide may be employed forthe alkoxylation, preferably ethylene oxide. Examples of N-substitutedfatty acid amides are fatty acid glucamides or fatty acid alkanolamides.Examples of esters are fatty acid esters, glycerol esters ormonoglycerides. Examples of sugar-based surfactants are sorbitans,ethoxylated sorbitans, sucrose and glucose esters oralkylpolyglucosides. Examples of polymeric surfactants are home- orcopolymers of vinyl pyrrolidone, vinyl alcohols, or vinyl acetate.

Suitable cationic surfactants are quaternary surfactants, for examplequaternary ammonium compounds with one or two hydrophobic groups, orsalts of long-chain primary amines. Suitable amphoteric surfactants arealkylbetains and imidazolines. Suitable block polymers are blockpolymers of the A-B or A-B-A type comprising blocks of polyethyleneoxide and polypropylene oxide, or of the A-B-C type comprising alkanol,polyethylene oxide and polypropylene oxide. Suitable polyelectrolytesare polyacids or polybases. Examples of polyacids are alkali salts ofpolyacrylic acid or polyacid comb polymers. Examples of polybases arepolyvinyl amines or polyethylene amines.

Suitable adjuvants are compounds, which have a negligible or even nopesticidal activity themselves, and which improve the biologicalperformance of the compound I on the target. Examples are surfactants,mineral or vegetable oils, and other auxiliaries. Further examples arelisted by Knowles, Adjuvants and additives, Agrow Reports DS256, T&FInforma UK, 2006, chapter 5.

Suitable thickeners are polysaccharides (e.g. xanthan gum, carboxymethylcellulose), inorganic clays (organically modified or unmodified),polycarboxylates, and silicates.

Suitable bactericides are bronopol and isothiazolinone derivatives suchas alkyliso-thiazolinones and benzisothiazolinones.

Suitable anti-freezing agents are ethylene glycol, propylene glycol,urea and glycerin.

Suitable anti-foaming agents are silicones, long chain alcohols, andsalts of fatty acids.

Suitable colorants (e.g. in red, blue, or green) are pigments of lowwater solubility and water-soluble dyes. Examples are inorganiccolorants (e.g. iron oxide, titan oxide, iron hexacyanoferrate) andorganic colorants (e.g. alizarin-, azo- and phthalocyanine colorants).

Suitable tackifiers or binders are polyvinyl pyrrolidones, polyvinylacetates, polyvinyl alcohols, polyacrylates, biological or syntheticwaxes, and cellulose ethers.

Examples for composition types and their preparation are:

i) Water-Soluble Concentrates (SL, LS)

10-60 wt % of a compound I and 5-15 wt % wetting agent (e.g. alcoholalkoxylates) are dissolved in water and/or in a water-soluble solvent(e.g. alcohols) ad 100 wt %. The active substance dissolves upondilution with water.

ii) Dispersible Concentrates (DC)

5-25 wt % of a compound I and 1-10 wt % dispersant (e.g. polyvinylpyrrolidone) are dissolved in organic solvent (e.g. cyclohexanone) ad100 wt %. Dilution with water gives a dispersion.

iii) Emulsifiable Concentrates (EC)

15-70 wt % of a compound I and 5-10 wt % emulsifiers (e.g. calciumdodecylbenzenesulfonate and castor oil ethoxylate) are dissolved inwater-insoluble organic solvent (e.g. aromatic hydrocarbon) ad 100 wt %.Dilution with water gives an emulsion.

iv) Emulsions (EW, EO, ES)

5-40 wt % of a compound I and 1-10 wt % emulsifiers (e.g. calciumdodecylbenzenesulfonate and castor oil ethoxylate) are dissolved in20-40 wt % water-insoluble organic solvent (e.g. aromatic hydrocarbon).This mixture is introduced into water ad 100 wt % by means of anemulsifying machine and made into a homogeneous emulsion. Dilution withwater gives an emulsion.

v) Suspensions (SC, OD, FS)

In an agitated ball mill, 20-60 wt % of a compound I are comminuted withaddition of 2-10 wt % dispersants and wetting agents (e.g. sodiumlignosulfonate and alcohol ethoxylate), 0.1-2 wt % thickener (e.g.xanthan gum) and water ad 100 wt % to give a fine active substancesuspension. Dilution with water gives a stable suspension of the activesubstance. For FS type composition up to 40 wt % binder (e.g. polyvinylalcohol) is added.

vi) Water-Dispersible Granules and Water-Soluble Granules (WG, SG)

50-80 wt % of a compound I are ground finely with addition ofdispersants and wetting agents (e.g. sodium lignosulfonate and alcoholethoxylate) ad 100 wt % and prepared as water-dispersible orwater-soluble granules by means of technical appliances (e.g. extrusion,spray tower, fluidized bed). Dilution with water gives a stabledispersion or solution of the active substance.

vii) Water-Dispersible Powders and Water-Soluble Powders (WP, SP, WS)

50-80 wt % of a compound I are ground in a rotor-stator mill withaddition of 1-5 wt % dispersants (e.g. sodium lignosulfonate), 1-3 wt %wetting agents (e.g. alcohol ethoxylate) and solid carrier (e.g. silicagel) ad 100 wt %. Dilution with water gives a stable dispersion orsolution of the active substance.

viii) Gel (GW, GF)

In an agitated ball mill, 5-25 wt % of a compound I are comminuted withaddition of 3-10 wt % dispersants (e.g. sodium lignosulfonate), 1-5 wt %thickener (e.g. carboxymethyl cellulose) and water ad 100 wt % to give afine suspension of the active substance. Dilution with water gives astable suspension of the active substance.

ix) Microemulsion (ME)

5-20 wt % of a compound I are added to 5-30 wt % organic solvent blend(e.g. fatty acid dimethyl amide and cyclohexanone), 10-25 wt %surfactant blend (e.g. alcohol ethoxylate and arylphenol ethoxylate),and water ad 100%. This mixture is stirred for 1 h to producespontaneously a thermodynamically stable microemulsion.

x) Microcapsules (CS)

An oil phase comprising 5-50 wt % of a compound I, 0-40 wt % waterinsoluble organic solvent (e.g. aromatic hydrocarbon), 2-15 wt % acrylicmonomers (e.g. methylmethacrylate, methacrylic acid and a di- ortriacrylate) are dispersed into an aqueous solution of a protectivecolloid (e.g. polyvinyl alcohol). Radical polymerization results in theformation of poly(meth)acrylate microcapsules. Alternatively, an oilphase comprising 5-50 wt % of a compound I according to the invention,0-40 wt % water insoluble organic solvent (e.g. aromatic hydrocarbon),and an isocyanate monomer (e.g. diphenylmethene-4,4′-diisocyanatae) aredispersed into an aqueous solution of a protective colloid (e.g.polyvinyl alcohol). The addition of a polyamine (e.g.hexamethylenediamine) results in the formation of polyureamicrocapsules. The monomers amount to 1-10 wt %. The wt % relate to thetotal CS composition.

xi) Dustable Powders (DP, DS)

1-10 wt % of a compound I are ground finely and mixed intimately withsolid carrier (e.g. finely divided kaolin) ad 100 wt %.

xii) Granules (GR, FG)

0.5-30 wt % of a compound I is ground finely and associated with solidcarrier (e.g. silicate) ad 100 wt %. Granulation is achieved byextrusion, spray-drying or fluidized bed.

xiii) Ultra-Low Volume Liquids (UL)

1-50 wt % of a compound I are dissolved in organic solvent (e.g.aromatic hydrocarbon) ad 100 wt %.

The compositions types i) to xiii) may optionally comprise furtherauxiliaries, such as 0.1-1 wt % bactericides, 5-15 wt % anti-freezingagents, 0.1-1 wt % anti-foaming agents, and 0.1-1 wt % colorants.

The agrochemical compositions generally comprise between 0.01 and 95%,preferably between 0.1 and 90%, and in particular between 0.5 and 75%,by weight of active substance. The active substances are employed in apurity of from 90% to 100%, preferably from 95% to 100% (according toNMR spectrum).

For the purposes of treatment of plant propagation materials,particularly seeds, solutions for seed treatment (LS), Suspoemulsions(SE), flowable concentrates (FS), powders for dry treatment (DS),water-dispersible powders for slurry treatment (WS), water-solublepowders (SS), emulsions (ES), emulsifiable concentrates (EC), and gels(GF) are usually employed. The compositions in question give, aftertwo-to-tenfold dilution, active substance concentrations of from 0.01 to60% by weight, preferably from 0.1 to 40%, in the ready-to-usepreparations. Application can be carried out before or during sowing.Methods for applying compound I and compositions thereof, respectively,onto plant propagation material, especially seeds, include dressing,coating, pelleting, dusting, and soaking as well as in-furrowapplication methods. Preferably, compound I or the compositions thereof,respectively, are applied on to the plant propagation material by amethod such that germination is not induced, e.g. by seed dressing,pelleting, coating and dusting.

When employed in plant protection, the amounts of active substancesapplied are, depending on the kind of effect desired, from 0.001 to 2 kgper ha, preferably from 0.005 to 2 kg per ha, more preferably from 0.05to 0.9 kg per ha, and in particular from 0.1 to 0.75 kg per ha.

In treatment of plant propagation materials such as seeds, e.g. bydusting, coating or drenching seed, amounts of active substance of from0.1 to 1000 g, preferably from 1 to 1000 g, more preferably from 1 to100 g and most preferably from 5 to 100 g, per 100 kilogram of plantpropagation material (preferably seeds) are generally required.

When used in the protection of materials or stored products, the amountof active substance applied depends on the kind of application area andon the desired effect. Amounts customarily applied in the protection ofmaterials are 0.001 g to 2 kg, preferably 0.005 g to 1 kg, of activesubstance per cubic meter of treated material.

Various types of oils, wetters, adjuvants, fertilizer, ormicronutrients, and further pesticides (e.g. herbicides, insecticides,fungicides, growth regulators, safeners, biopesticides) may be added tothe active substances or the compositions comprising them as premix or,if appropriate not until immediately prior to use (tank mix). Theseagents can be admixed with the compositions according to the inventionin a weight ratio of 1:100 to 100:1, preferably 1:10 to 10:1.

A pesticide is generally a chemical or biological agent (such aspestidal active ingredient, compound, composition, virus, bacterium,antimicrobial or disinfectant) that through its effect deters,incapacitates, kills or otherwise discourages pests. Target pests caninclude insects, plant pathogens, weeds, mollusks, birds, mammals, fish,nematodes (roundworms), and microbes that destroy property, causenuisance, spread disease or are vectors for disease. The term“pesticide” includes also plant growth regulators that alter theexpected growth, flowering, or reproduction rate of plants; defoliantsthat cause leaves or other foliage to drop from a plant, usually tofacilitate harvest; desiccants that promote drying of living tissues,such as unwanted plant tops; plant activators that activate plantphysiology for defense of against certain pests; safeners that reduceunwanted herbicidal action of pesticides on crop plants; and plantgrowth promoters that affect plant physiology e.g. to increase plantgrowth, biomass, yield or any other quality parameter of the harvestablegoods of a crop plant.

Biopesticides have been defined as a form of pesticides based onmicro-organisms (bacteria, fungi, viruses, nematodes, etc.) or naturalproducts (compounds, such as metabolites, proteins, or extracts frombiological or other natural sources) (U.S. Environmental ProtectionAgency: http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/biopesticides/). Biopesticidesfall into two major classes, microbial and biochemical pesticides:

-   -   (1) Microbial pesticides consist of bacteria, fungi or viruses        (and often include the metabolites that bacteria and fungi        produce). Entomopathogenic nematodes are also classed as        microbial pesticides, even though they are multi-cellular.    -   (2) Biochemical pesticides are naturally occurring substances        that control pests or provide other crop protection uses as        defined below, but are relatively non-toxic to mammals.

The user applies the composition according to the invention usually froma predosage device, a knapsack sprayer, a spray tank, a spray plane, oran irrigation system. Usually, the agrochemical composition is made upwith water, buffer, and/or further auxiliaries to the desiredapplication concentration and the ready-to-use spray liquor or theagrochemical composition according to the invention is thus obtained.Usually, 20 to 2000 liters, preferably 50 to 400 liters, of theready-to-use spray liquor are applied per hectare of agricultural usefularea.

According to one embodiment, individual components of the compositionaccording to the invention such as parts of a kit or parts of a binaryor ternary mixture may be mixed by the user himself in a spray tank orany other kind of vessel used for applications (e.g. seed treater drums,seed pelleting machinery, knapsack sprayer) and further auxiliaries maybe added, if appropriate.

When living microorganisms, such as microbial pesticides from groupsL1), L3) and L5), form part of such kit, it must be taken care thatchoice and amounts of the components (e.g. chemical pesticides) and ofthe further auxiliaries should not influence the viability of themicrobial pesticides in the composition mixed by the user. Especiallyfor bactericides and solvents, compatibility with the respectivemicrobial pesticide has to be taken into account.

Consequently, one embodiment of the invention is a kit for preparing ausable pesticidal composition, the kit comprising a) a compositioncomprising component 1) as defined herein and at least one auxiliary;and b) a composition comprising component 2) as defined herein and atleast one auxiliary; and optionally c) a composition comprising at leastone auxiliary and optionally a further active component 3) as definedherein.

Mixing the compounds I or the compositions comprising them in the useform as fungicides with other fungicides results in many cases in anexpansion of the fungicidal spectrum of activity being obtained or in aprevention of fungicide resistance development. Furthermore, in manycases, synergistic effects are obtained.

The following list of pesticides II (e.g. pesticidally-active substancesand biopesticides), in conjunction with which the compounds I can beused, is intended to illustrate the possible combinations but does notlimit them:

A) Respiration Inhibitors

-   -   Inhibitors of complex III at Q₀ site (e.g. strobilurins):        azoxystrobin (A.1.1), coumethoxy-strobin (A.1.2), coumoxystrobin        (A.1.3), dimoxystrobin (A.1.4), enestroburin (A.1.5),        fenaminstrobin (A.1.6), fenoxystrobin/flufenoxystrobin (A.1.7),        fluoxastrobin (A.1.8), kresoxim-methyl (A.1.9), mandestrobin        (A.1.10), metominostrobin (A.1.11), orysastrobin (A.1.12),        picoxystrobin (A.1.13), pyraclostrobin (A.1.14), pyrametostrobin        (A.1.15), pyraoxystrobin (A.1.16), trifloxystrobin (A.1.17),        2-(2-(3-(2,6-dichlorophenyl)-1-methyl-allylideneaminooxymethyl)-phenyl)-2-methoxyimino-N-methyl-acetamide        (A.1.18), pyribencarb (A.1.19), triclopyricarb/chlorodincarb        (A.1.20), famoxadone (A.1.21), fenamidone (A.1.21),        methyl-N-[2-[(1,4-dimethyl-5-phenyl-pyrazol-3-yl)oxylmethyl]phenyl]-N-methoxy-carbamate        (A.1.22),        1-[3-chloro-2-[[[1-(4-chlorophenyl)-1H-pyrazol-3-yl]oxy]methyl]-phenyl]-1,4-dihydro-4-methyl-5H-tetrazol-5-one        (A. 1.23),        (2E,3Z)-5-[[-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-1H-pyrazol-3-yl]oxy]-2-(methoxyimino)-N,3-dimethyl-pent-3-enamide        (A.1.24),        (2E,3Z)-5-[[1-(4-chlorophenyl)-1H-pyrazol-3-yl]oxy]-2-(methoxyimino)-N,3-dimethyl-pent-3-enamide        (A.1.25);        (Z,2E)-5-[1-(4-chloro-2-fluoro-phenyl)pyrazol-3-yl]oxy-2-methoxyimino-N,3-dimethyl-pent-3-enamide        (A.1.26)    -   inhibitors of complex III at Q_(i) site: cyazofamid (A.2.1),        amisulbrom (A.2.2),        [(3S,6S,7R,8R)-8-benzyl-3-[(3-acetoxy-4-methoxy-pyridine-2-carbonyl)amino]-6-methyl-4,9-dioxo-1,5-dioxonan-7-yl]2-methylpropanoate        (A.2.3),        [(3S,6S,7R,8R)-8-benzyl-3-[[3-(acetoxymethoxy)-4-methoxy-pyridine-2-carbonyl]amino]-6-methyl-4,9-dioxo-1,5-dioxonan-7-yl]2-methylpropanoate        (A.2.4),        [(3S,6S,7R,8R)-8-benzyl-3-[(3-isobutoxycarbonyloxy-4-meth-oxy-pyridine-2-carbonyl)amino]-6-methyl-4,9-dioxo-1,5-dioxonan-7-yl]2-methylpropanoate        (A.2.5),        [(3S,6S,7R,8R)-8-benzyl-3-[[3-(1,3-benzodioxol-5-ylmethoxy)-4-methoxy-pyridine-2-carbonyl]amino]-6-methyl-4,9-dioxo-1,5-dioxonan-7-yl]2-methylpropanoate        (A.2.6);        (3S,6S,7R,8R)-3-[[(3-hydroxy-4-methoxy-2-pyridinyl)carbonyl]amino]-6-methyl-4,9-dioxo-8-(phenylmethyl)-1,5-dioxonan-7-yl        2-methylpropanoate (A.2.7);    -   inhibitors of complex II (e.g. carboxamides): benodanil (A.3.1),        benzovindiflupyr (A.3.2), bixafen (A.3.3), boscalid (A.3.4),        carboxin (A.3.5), fenfuram (A.3.6), fluopyram (A.3.7),        flutolanil (A.3.8), fluxapyroxad (A.3.9), furametpyr (A.3.10),        isofetamid (A.3.11), isopyrazam (A.3.12), mepronil (A.3.13),        oxycarboxin (A.3.14), penflufen (A.3.14), penthiopyrad (A.3.15),        sedaxane (A.3.16), tecloftalam (A.3.17), thifluzamide (A.3.18),        N-(4′-trifluoromethylth        iobiphenyl-2-yl)-3-difluoromethyl-1-methyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide        (A.3.19),        N-(2-(1,3,3-trimethyl-butyl)-phenyl)-1,3-dimethyl-5-fluoro-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide        (A.3.20),        3-(difluoromethyl)-1-methyl-N-(1,1,3-trimethylindan-4-yl)pyrazole-4-carboxamide        (A.3.21),        3-(trifluoromethyl)-1-methyl-N-(1,1,3-trimethylindan-4-yl)pyrazole-4-carboxamide        (A.3.22),        1,3-dimethyl-N-(1,1,3-trimethylindan-4-yl)pyrazole-4-carboxamide        (A.3.23),        3-(trifluoromethyl)-1,5-dimethyl-N-(1,1,3-trimethylindan-4-yl)pyrazole-4-carboxamide        (A.3.24),        1,3,5-trimethyl-N-(1,1,3-trimethylindan-4-yl)pyrazole-4-carboxamide        (A.3.25),        N-(7-fluoro-1,1,3-trimethyl-indan-4-yl)-1,3-dimethyl-pyrazole-4-carboxamide        (A.3.26),        N-[2-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-2-methoxy-1-methyl-ethyl]-3-(difluoromethyl)-1-methyl-pyrazole-4-carboxamide        (A.3.27);    -   other respiration inhibitors (e.g. complex I, uncouplers):        diflumetorim (A.4.1),        (5,8-difluoro-quinazolin-4-yl)-{2-[2-fluoro-4-(4-trifluoromethylpyridin-2-yloxy)-phenyl]-ethyl}-amine        (A.4.2); nitrophenyl derivates: binapacryl (A.4.3), dinobuton        (A.4.4), dinocap (A.4.5), fluazinam (A.4.6); ferimzone (A.4.7);        organometal compounds: fentin salts, such as fentin-acetate        (A.4.8), fentin chloride (A.4.9) or fentin hydroxide (A.4.10);        ametoctradin (A.4.11); and silthiofam (A.4.12);

B) Sterol Biosynthesis Inhibitors (SBI Fungicides)

-   -   C₁₄ demethylase inhibitors (DMI fungicides): triazoles:        azaconazole (B.1.1), bitertanol (B.1.2), bromuconazole (B.1.3),        cyproconazole (B.1.4), difenoconazole (B.1.5), diniconazole        (B.1.6), diniconazole-M (B.1.7), epoxiconazole (B.1.8),        fenbuconazole (B.1.9), fluquinconazole (B.1.10), flusilazole        (B.1.11), flutriafol (B.1.12), hexaconazole (B.1.13),        imibenconazole (B.1.14), ipconazole (B.1.15), metconazole        (B.1.17), myclobutanil (B.1.18), oxpoconazole (B.1.19),        paclobutrazole (B.1.20), penconazole (B.1.21), propiconazole        (B.1.22), prothioconazole (B.1.23), simeconazole (B.1.24),        tebuconazole (B.1.25), tetraconazole (B.1.26), triadimefon        (B.1.27), triadimenol (B.1.28), triticonazole (B.1.29),        uniconazole (B.1.30),        1-[rel-(2S,3R)-3-(2-chlorophenyl)-2-(2,4-difluorophenyl)-oxiranylmethyl]-5-thiocyanato-1H-[1,2,4]triazolo        (B.1.31), 2-[reb(2        S,3R)-3-(2-chlorophenyl)-2-(2,4-difluorophenyl)-oxiranylmethyl]-2H-[1,2,4]triazole-3-thiol        (B.1.32),        2-[2-chloro-4-(4-chlorophenoxy)phenyl]-1-(1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)pentan-2-ol        (B.1.33),        1-[4-(4-chlorophenoxy)-2-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-1-cyclopropyl-2-(1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)ethanol        (B.1.34),        2-[4-(4-chlorophenoxy)-2-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-1-(1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)butan-2-ol        (B.1.35),        2-[2-chloro-4-(4-chlorophenoxy)phenyl]-1-(1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)butan-2-ol        (B.1.36),        2-[4-(4-chlorophenoxy)-2-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-3-methyl-1-(1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)butan-2-ol        (B.1.37),        2-[4-(4-chlorophenoxy)-2-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-1-(1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)propan-2-ol        (B.1.38),        2-[2-chloro-4-(4-chlorophenoxy)phenyl]-3-methyl-1-(1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)butan-2-ol        (B.1.39),        2-[4-(4-chlorophenoxy)-2-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-1-(1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)pentan-2-ol        (B.1.40),        2-[4-(4-fluorophenoxy)-2-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-1-(1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)propan-2-ol        (B.1.41),        2-[2-chloro-4-(4-chlorophenoxy)phenyl]-1-(1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)pent-3-yn-2-ol        (B.1.51); imidazoles: imazalil (B.1.42), pefurazoate (B.1.43),        prochloraz (B.1.44), triflumizol (B.1.45); pyrimidines,        pyridines and piperazines: fenarimol (B.1.46), nuarimol        (B.1.47), pyrifenox (B.1.48), triforine (B.1.49),        [3-(4-chloro-2-fluoro-phenyl)-5-(2,4-difluorophenyl)isoxazol-4-yl]-(3-pyridyl)methanol        (B.1.50);    -   Delta 14-reductase inhibitors: aldimorph (B.2.1), dodemorph        (B.2.2), dodemorph-acetate (B.2.3), fenpropimorph (B.2.4),        tridemorph (B.2.5), fenpropidin (B.2.6), piperalin (B.2.7),        spiroxamine (B.2.8);    -   Inhibitors of 3-keto reductase: fenhexamid (B.3.1);

C) Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors

-   -   phenylamides or acyl amino acid fungicides: benalaxyl (C.1.1),        benalaxyl-M (C.1.2), kiralaxyl (C.1.3), metalaxyl (C.1.4),        metalaxyl-M (mefenoxam, C.1.5), ofurace (C.1.6), oxadixyl        (C.1.7);    -   others: hymexazole (C.2.1), octhilinone (C.2.2), oxolinic acid        (C.2.3), bupirimate (C.2.4), 5-fluorocytosine (C.2.5),        5-fluoro-2-(p-tolylmethoxy)pyrimidin-4-amine (C.2.6),        5-fluoro-2-(4-fluorophenylmethoxy)pyrimidin-4-amine (C.2.7);

D) Inhibitors of Cell Division and Cytoskeleton

-   -   tubulin inhibitors, such as benzimidazoles, thiophanates:        benomyl (D1.1), carbendazim (D1.2), fuberidazole (D1.3),        thiabendazole (D1.4), thiophanate-methyl (D1.5);        triazolopyrimidines:        5-chloro-7-(4-methylpiperidin-1-yl)-6-(2,4,6-trifluorophenyl)-[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine        (D1.6);    -   other cell division inhibitors: diethofencarb (D2.1), ethaboxam        (D2.2), pencycuron (D2.3), fluopicolide (D2.4), zoxamide (D2.5),        metrafenone (D2.6), pyriofenone (D2.7);

E) Inhibitors of Amino Acid and Protein Synthesis

-   -   methionine synthesis inhibitors (anilino-pyrimidines):        cyprodinil (E.1.1), mepanipyrim (E.1.2), pyrimethanil (E.1.3);    -   protein synthesis inhibitors: blasticidin-S(E.2.1), kasugamycin        (E.2.2), kasugamycin hydrochloride-hydrate (E.2.3), mildiomycin        (E.2.4), streptomycin (E.2.5), oxytetracyclin (E.2.6), polyoxine        (E.2.7), validamycin A (E.2.8);

F) Signal Transduction Inhibitors

-   -   MAP/histidine kinase inhibitors: fluoroimid (F.1.1), iprodione        (F.1.2), procymidone (F.1.3), vinclozolin (F.1.4), fenpiclonil        (F.1.5), fludioxonil (F.1.6);    -   G protein inhibitors: quinoxyfen (F.2.1);

G) Lipid and Membrane Synthesis Inhibitors

-   -   Phospholipid biosynthesis inhibitors: edifenphos (G.1.1),        iprobenfos (G.1.2), pyrazophos (G.1.3), isoprothiolane (G.1.4);    -   lipid peroxidation: dicloran (G.2.1), quintozene (G.2.2),        tecnazene (G.2.3), tolclofos-methyl (G.2.4), biphenyl (G.2.5),        chloroneb (G.2.6), etridiazole (G.2.7);    -   phospholipid biosynthesis and cell wall deposition: dimethomorph        (G.3.1), flumorph (G.3.2), mandipropamid (G.3.3), pyrimorph        (G.3.4), benthiavalicarb (G.3.5), iprovalicarb (G.3.6),        valifenalate (G.3.7) and        N-(1-(1-(4-cyano-phenyl)ethanesulfonyl)-but-2-yl) carbamic        acid-(4-fluorophenyl) ester (G.3.8);    -   compounds affecting cell membrane permeability and fatty acides:        propamocarb (G.4.1);    -   fatty acid amide hydrolase inhibitors: oxathiapiprolin (G.5.1),        2-{3-[2-(1-{[3,5-bis(difluoromethyl-1H-pyrazol-1-yl]acetyl}piperid        in-4-yl)-1,3-thiazol-4-yl]-4,5-dihydro-1,2-oxazol-5-yl}phenyl        methanesulfonate (G.5.2),        2-{3-[2-(1-{[3,5-bis(difluoromethyl)-1H-pyrazol-1-yl]acetyl}piperidin-4-yl)        1,3-thiazol-4-yl]-4,5-dihydro-1,2-oxazol-5-yl}-3-chlorophenyl        methanesulfonate (G.5.3);        H) Inhibitors with Multi Site Action    -   inorganic active substances: Bordeaux mixture (H.1.1), copper        acetate (H.1.2), copper hydroxide (H.1.3), copper oxychloride        (H.1.4), basic copper sulfate (H.1.5), sulfur (H.1.6);    -   thio- and dithiocarbamates: ferbam (H.2.1), mancozeb (H.2.2),        maneb (H.2.3), metam (H.2.4), metiram (H.2.5), propineb (H.2.6),        thiram (H.2.7), zineb (H.2.8), ziram (H.2.9);    -   organochlorine compounds (e.g. phthalimides, sulfamides,        chloronitriles): anilazine (H.3.1), chlorothalonil (H.3.2),        captafol (H.3.3), captan (H.3.4), folpet (H.3.5), dichlofluanid        (H.3.6), dichlorophen (H.3.7), hexachlorobenzene (H.3.8),        pentachlorphenole (H.3.9) and its salts, phthalide (H.3.10),        tolylfluanid (H.3.11),        N-(4-chloro-2-nitro-phenyl)-N-ethyl-4-methyl-benzenesulfonamide        (H.3.12);    -   guanidines and others: guanidine (H.4.1), dodine (H.4.2), dodine        free base (H.4.3), guazatine (H.4.4), guazatine-acetate (H.4.5),        iminoctadine (H.4.6), iminoctadine-triacetate (H.4.7),        iminoctadine-tris(albesilate) (H.4.8), dithianon (H.4.9),        2,6-dimethyl-1H,5H-[1,4]dithiino[2,3-c:5,6-c′]dipyrrole-1,3,5,7(2H,6H)-tetraone        (H.4.10);

I) Cell Wall Synthesis Inhibitors

-   -   inhibitors of glucan synthesis: validamycin (I.1.1), polyoxin B        (I.1.2);    -   melanin synthesis inhibitors: pyroquilon (I.2.1), tricyclazole        (I.2.2), carpropamid (I.2.3), dicyclomet (I.2.4), fenoxanil        (I.2.5);

J) Plant Defence Inducers

-   -   acibenzolar-S-methyl (J.1.1), probenazole (J.1.2), isotianil        (J.1.3), tiadinil (J.1.4), prohexadione-calcium (J.1.5);        phosphonates: fosetyl (J.1.6), fosetyl-aluminum (J.1.7),        phosphorous acid and its salts (J.1.8), potassium or sodium        bicarbonate (J.1.9);

K) Unknown Mode of Action

-   -   bronopol (K.1.1), chinomethionat (K.1.2), cyflufenamid (K.1.3),        cymoxanil (K.1.4), dazomet (K.1.5), debacarb (K.1.6),        diclomezine (K.1.7), difenzoquat (K.1.8),        difenzoquat-methylsulfate (K.1.9), diphenylamin (K.1.10),        fenpyrazamine (K.1.11), flumetover (K.1.12), flusulfamide        (K.1.13), flutianil (K.1.14), methasulfocarb (K.1.15),        nitrapyrin (K.1.16), nitrothal-isopropyl (K.1.18),        oxathiapiprolin (K.1.19), tolprocarb (K.1.20), oxin-copper        (K.1.21), proquinazid (K.1.22), tebufloquin (K.1.23),        tecloftalam (K.1.24), triazoxide (K.1.25),        2-butoxy-6-iodo-3-propylchromen-4-one (K.1.26),        2-[3,5-bis(difluoromethyl)-1H-pyrazol-1-yl]-1-[4-(4-{5-[2-(prop-2-yn-1-yloxy)phenyl]-4,5-dihydro-1,2-oxazol-3-yl}-1,3-thiazol-2-yl)piperid        in-1-yl]ethanone (K.1.27),        2-[3,5-bis(difluoromethyl)-1H-pyrazol-1-yl]-1-[4-(4-{5-[2-fluoro-6-(prop-2-yn-1-yloxy)phenyl]-4,5-dihydro-1,2-oxazol-3-yl}-1,3-thiazol-2-yl)piperid        in-1-yl]ethanone (K.1.28),        2-[3,5-bis(difluoromethyl)-1H-pyrazol-1-yl]-1-[4-(4-{5-[2-chloro-6-(prop-2-yn-1-yl-oxy)phenyl]-4,5-dihydro-1,2-oxazol-3-yl}-1,3-thiazol-2-yl)piperidin-1-yl]ethanone        (K.1.29),        N-(cyclopropylmethoxyimino-(6-difluoro-methoxy-2,3-difluoro-phenyl)-methyl)-2-phenyl        acetamide (K.1.30),        N′-(4-(4-chloro-3-trifluoromethyl-phenoxy)-2,5-dimethyl-phenyl)-N-ethyl-N-methyl        formamidine (K.1.31),        N′-(4-(4-fluoro-3-trifluoromethyl-phenoxy)-2,5-dimethyl-phenyl)-N-ethyl-N-methyl        formamidine (K.1.32),        N′-(2-methyl-5-trifluoromethyl-4-(3-trimethyl-silanyl-propoxy)-phenyl)-N-ethyl-N-methyl        formamidine (K.1.33),        N′-(5-difluoromethyl-2-methyl-4-(3-trimethylsilanyl-propoxy)-phenyl)-N-ethyl-N-methyl        formamidine (K.1.34), methoxy-acetic acid        6-tert-butyl-8-fluoro-2,3-dimethyl-quinolin-4-yl ester (K.1.35),        3-[5-(4-methylphenyl)-2,3-dimethyl-isoxazolidin-3-yl]-pyridine        (K.1.36),        3-[5-(4-chloro-phenyl)-2,3-dimethyl-isoxazolidin-3-yl]-pyridine        (pyrisoxazole) (K.1.37), N-(6-methoxy-pyridin-3-yl)        cyclopropanecarboxylic acid amide (K.1.38),        5-chloro-1-(4,6-dimethoxy-pyrimidin-2-yl)-2-methyl-1i        H-benzoimidazole (K.1.39),        2-(4-chloro-phenyl)-N-[4-(3,4-dimethoxy-phenyl)-isoxazol-5-yl]-2-prop-2-ynyloxy-acetamide,        ethyl (Z)-3-amino-2-cyano-3-phenyl-prop-2-enoate (K.1.40),        picarbutrazox (K.1.41), pentyl        N-[6-[[(Z)-[(1-methyltetrazol-5-yl)-phenyl-methylene]amino]oxymethyl]-2-pyridyl]carbamate        (K.1.42),        2-[2-[(7,8-difluoro-2-methyl-3-quinolyl)oxy]-6-fluoro-phenyl]propan-2-ol        (K.1.43),        2-[2-fluoro-6-[(8-fluoro-2-methyl-3-quinolyl)oxy]phenyl]propan-2-ol        (K.1.44),        3-(5-fluoro-3,3,4,4-tetramethyl-3,4-dihydroisoquinolin-1-yl)quinoline        (K.1.45),        3-(4,4-difluoro-3,3-dimethyl-3,4-dihydroisoquinolin-1-yl)quinoline        (K.1.46),        3-(4,4,5-trifluoro-3,3-dimethyl-3,4-dihydroisoquinolin-1-yl)quinoline        (K.1.47),        9-fluoro-2,2-dimethyl-5-(3-quinolyl)-3H-1,4-benzoxazepine        (K.1.48);

L) Biopesticides

-   -   L1) Microbial pesticides with fungicidal, bactericidal,        viricidal and/or plant defense activator activity: Ampelomyces        quisqualis, Aspergillus flavus, Aureobasidium pullulans,        Bacillus altitudinis, B. amyloliquefaciens, B. megaterium, B.        mojavensis, B. mycoides, B. pumilus, B. simnplex, B.        solisalsi, B. subtilis, B. subtilis var. amyloliquefaciens,        Candida oleophila, C. saitoana, Clavibacter michiganensis        (bacteriophages), Coniothyrium minitans, Cryphonectria        parasitica, Cryptococcus albidus, Dilophosphora alopecuri,        Fusarium oxysporum, Clonostachys rosea f. catenulate (also named        Gliocladium catenulatum), Gliocladium roseum, Lysobacter        antibioticus, L. enzymogenes, Metschnikowia fructicola,        Microdochium dimerum, Microsphaeropsis ochracea, Muscodor albus,        Paenibacillus alvei, Paenibacillus polymyxa, Pantoea vagans,        Penicillium bilaiae, Phlebiopsis gigantea, Pseudomonas sp.,        Pseudomonas chloraphis, Pseudozyma flocculosa, Pichia anomala,        Pythium oligandrum, Sphaerodes mycoparasitica, Streptomyces        griseoviridis, S. lydicus, S. violaceusniger, Talaromyces        flavus, Trichoderma asperellum, T. atroviride, T. fertile, T.        gamsi, T. harmatum, T. harzianum, T. polysporum, T.        stromaticum, T. virens, T. viride, Typhula phacorrhiza,        Ulocladium oudemansii, Verticillium dahlia, zucchini yellow        mosaic virus (avirulent strain);    -   L2) Biochemical pesticides with fungicidal, bactericidal,        viricidal and/or plant defense activator activity: chitosan        (hydrolysate), harpin protein, laminarin, Menhaden fish oil,        natamycin, Plum pox virus coat protein, potassium or sodium        bicarbonate, Reynoutria sachalinensis extract, salicylic acid,        tea tree oil;    -   L3) Microbial pesticides with insecticidal, acaricidal,        molluscidal and/or nematicidal activity: Agrobacterium        radiobacter, Bacillus cereus, B. firmus, B. thuringiensis, B.        thuringiensis ssp. aizawai B. t. ssp. israelensis, B. t. ssp.        galleriae, B. t. ssp. kurstaki B. t. ssp. tenebrionis, Beauveria        bassiana, B. brongniarti, Burkholderia spp., Chromobacterium        subtsugae, Cydia pomonella granulovirus (CpGV), Cryptophlebia        leucotreta granulovirus (CrleGV), Flavobacterium spp.,        Helicoverpa armigera nucleopolyhedrovirus (HearNPV),        Heterorhabditis bacteriophora, Isaria fumosorosea, Lecanicillium        longisporum, L. muscarium, Metarhizium anisopliae, Metarhizium        anisopliae var. anisopliae, M. anisopliae var. acridum, Nomuraea        rileyi, Paecilomyces lilacinus, Paenibacillus popilliae,        Pasteuria spp., P. nishizawae, P. penetrans, P. ramosa, P.        thornea, P. usgae, Pseudomonas fluorescens, Spodoptera        littoralis nucleopolyhedrovirus (SpliNPV), Steinernema        carpocapsae, S. feltiae, S. kraussei, Streptomyces galbus, S.        microflavus;    -   L4) Biochemical pesticides with insecticidal, acaricidal,        molluscidal, pheromone and/or nematicidal activity: L-carvone,        citral, (E,Z)-7,9-dodecadien-1-yl acetate, ethyl formate,        (E,Z)-2,4-ethyl decadienoate (pear ester),        (Z,Z,E)-7,11,13-hexadecatrienal, heptyl butyrate, isopropyl        myristate, lavanulyl senecioate, cis-jasmone, 2-methyl        1-butanol, methyl eugenol, methyl jasmonate,        (E,Z)-2,13-octadecadien-1-ol, (E,Z)-2,13-octadecadien-1-ol        acetate, (E,Z)-3,13-octadecadien-1-ol, R-1-octen-3-ol,        pentatermanone, potassium silicate, sorbitol actanoate,        (E,Z,Z)-3,8,11-tetradecatrienyl acetate,        (Z,E)-9,12-tetradecadien-1-yl acetate, Z-7-tetradecen-2-one,        Z-9-tetradecen-1-yl acetate, Z-11-tetradecenal,        Z-11-tetradecen-1-ol, Acacia negra extract, extract of        grapefruit seeds and pulp, extract of Chenopodium ambrosiodes,        Catnip oil, Neem oil, Quillay extract, Tagetes oil;    -   L5) Microbial pesticides with plant stress reducing, plant        growth regulator, plant growth promoting and/or yield enhancing        activity: Azospirillum amazonense, A. brasilense, A.        lipoferum, A. irakense, A. halopraeferens, Bradyrhizobium        spp., B. elkanii, B. japonicum, B. liaoningense, B. lupini,        Delflia acidovorans, Glomus intraradices, Mesorhizobium spp.,        Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. phaseoli, R. I. bv. trifolii, R. I.        bv. viciae, R. tropici Sinorhizobium meliloti;    -   L6) Biochemical pesticides with plant stress reducing, plant        growth regulator and/or plant yield enhancing activity: abscisic        acid, aluminium silicate (kaolin), 3-decen-2-one, formononetin,        genistein, hesperetin, homobrassinolide, humates, jasmonic acid        and its salts or derivatives thereof, lysophosphatidyl        ethanolamine, naringenin, polymeric polyhydroxy acid,        Ascophyllum nodosum (Norwegian kelp, Brown kelp) extract and        Ecklonia maxima (kelp) extract;

M) Growth Regulators

-   -   abscisic acid (M.1.1), amidochlor, ancymidol,        6-benzylaminopurine, brassinolide, butralin, chlormequat,        chlormequat chloride, choline chloride, cyclanilide, daminozide,        dikegulac, dimethipin, 2,6-dimethylpuridine, ethephon,        flumetralin, flurprimidol, fluthiacet, forchlorfenuron,        gibberellic acid, inabenfide, indole-3-acetic acid, maleic        hydrazide, mefluidide, mepiquat, mepiquat chloride,        naphthaleneacetic acid, N-6-benzyladenine, paclobutrazol,        prohexadione, prohexadione-calcium, prohydrojasmon, thidiazuron,        triapenthenol, tributyl phosphorotrithioate,        2,3,5-tri-iodobenzoic acid, trinexapac-ethyl and uniconazole;

N) Herbicides

-   -   acetamides: acetochlor (N.1.1), alachlor, butachlor,        dimethachlor, dimethenamid (N.1.2), flufenacet (N.1.3),        mefenacet (N.1.4), metolachlor (N.1.5), metazachlor (N.1.6),        napropamide, naproanilide, pethoxamid, pretilachlor, propachlor,        thenylchlor;    -   amino acid derivatives: bilanafos, glyphosate (N.2.1),        glufosinate (N.2.2), sulfosate (N.2.3);    -   aryloxyphenoxypropionates: clodinafop (N.3.1), cyhalofop-butyl,        fenoxaprop (N.3.2), fluazifop (N.3.3), haloxyfop (N.3.4),        metamifop, propaquizafop, quizalofop, quizalofop-P-tefuryl;    -   Bipyridyls: diquat, paraquat (N.4.1);    -   (thio)carbamates: asulam, butylate, carbetamide, desmedipham,        dimepiperate, eptam (EPTC), esprocarb, molinate, orbencarb,        phenmedipham (N.5.1), prosulfocarb, pyributicarb, thiobencarb,        triallate;    -   cyclohexanediones: butroxydim, clethodim (N.6.1), cycloxydim        (N.6.2), profoxydim (N.6.3), sethoxydim (N.6.4), tepraloxydim        (N.6.5), tralkoxydim;    -   dinitroanilines: benfluralin, ethalfluralin, oryzalin,        pendimethalin (N.7.1), prodiamine (N.7.2), trifluralin (N.7.3);    -   diphenyl ethers: acifluorfen (N.8.1), aclonifen, bifenox,        diclofop, ethoxyfen, fomesafen, lactofen, oxyfluorfen;    -   hydroxybenzonitriles: bomoxynil (N.9.1), dichlobenil, ioxynil;    -   imidazolinones: imazamethabenz, imazamox (N.10.1), imazapic        (N.10.2), imazapyr (N.10.3), imazaquin (N.10.4), imazethapyr        (N.10.5);    -   phenoxy acetic acids: clomeprop, 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid        (2,4-D) (N.11.1), 2,4-DB, dichlorprop, MCPA, MCPA-thioethyl,        MCPB, Mecoprop;    -   pyrazines: chloridazon (N.11.1), flufenpyr-ethyl, fluthiacet,        norflurazon, pyridate;    -   pyridines: aminopyralid, clopyralid (N.12.1), diflufenican,        dithiopyr, fluridone, fluroxypyr (N.12.2), picloram (N.12.3),        picolinafen (N.12.4), thiazopyr;    -   sulfonyl ureas: amidosulfuron, azimsulfuron, bensulfuron        (N.13.1), chlorimuron-ethyl (N.13.2), chlorsulfuron,        cinosulfuron, cyclosulfamuron (N.13.3), ethoxysulfuron,        flazasulfuron, flucetosulfuron, flupyrsulfuron, foramsulfuron,        halosulfuron, imazosulfuron, iodosulfuron (N.13.4), mesosulfuron        (N.13.5), metazosulfuron, metsulfuron-methyl (N.13.6),        nicosulfuron (N.13.7), oxasulfuron, primisulfuron, prosulfuron,        pyrazosulfuron, rimsulfuron (N.13.8), sulfometuron,        sulfosulfuron, thifensulfuron, triasulfuron, tribenuron,        trifloxysulfuron, triflusulfuron (N.13.9), tritosulfuron,        1-((2-chloro-6-propyl-imidazo[1,2-b]pyridazin-3-yl)sulfonyl)-3-(4,6-dimethoxy-pyrimidin-2-yl)urea;    -   triazines: ametryn, atrazine (N.14.1), cyanazine, dimethametryn,        ethiozin, hexazinone (N.14.2), metamitron, metribuzin,        prometryn, simazine, terbuthylazine, terbutryn, triaziflam,        trifludimoxazin (N14.3);    -   ureas: chlorotoluron, daimuron, diuron (N.15.1), fluometuron,        isoproturon, linuron, metha-benzthiazuron, tebuthiuron;    -   other acetolactate synthase inhibitors: bispyribac-sodium,        cloransulam-methyl, diclosulam, florasulam (N.16.1),        flucarbazone, flumetsulam, metosulam, ortho-sulfamuron,        penoxsulam, propoxycarbazone, pyribambenz-propyl, pyribenzoxim,        pyriftalid, pyriminobac-methyl, pyrimisulfan, pyrithiobac,        pyroxasulfone (N.16.2), pyroxsulam;    -   others: amicarbazone, aminotriazole, anilofos, beflubutamid,        benazolin, bencarbazone,benfluresate, benzofenap, bentazone        (N.17.1), benzobicyclon, bicyclopyrone, bromacil, bromobutide,        butafenacil, butamifos, cafenstrole, carfentrazone,        cinidon-ethyl (N.17.2), chlorthal, cinmethylin (N.17.3),        clomazone (N.17.4), cumyluron, cyprosulfamide, dicamba (N.17.5),        difenzoquat, diflufenzopyr (N.17.6), Drechslera monoceras,        endothal, ethofumesate, etobenzanid, fenoxasulfone,        fentrazamide, flumiclorac-pentyl, flumioxazin, flupoxam,        flurochloridone, flurtamone, indanofan, isoxaben, isoxaflutole,        lenacil, propanil, propyzamide, quinclorac (N.17.7), quinmerac        (N.17.8), mesotrione (N.17.9), methyl arsonic acid, naptalam,        oxadiargyl, oxadiazon, oxaziclomefone, pentoxazone, pinoxaden,        pyraclonil, pyraflufen-ethyl, pyrasulfotole, pyrazoxyfen,        pyrazolynate, quinoclamine, saflufenacil (N.17.10), sulcotrione        (N.17.11), sulfentrazone, terbacil, tefuryltrione, tembotrione,        thiencarbazone, topramezone (N.17.12),        (3-[2-chloro-4-fluoro-5-(3-methyl-2,6-dioxo-4-trifluoromethyl-3,6-dihydro-2H-pyrimidin-1-yl)-phenoxy]-pyridin-2-yloxy)-acetic        acid ethyl ester,        6-amino-5-chloro-2-cyclopropyl-pyrimidine-4-carboxylic acid        methyl ester,        6-chloro-3-(2-cyclopropyl-6-methyl-phenoxy)-pyridazin-4-ol,        4-amino-3-chloro-6-(4-chloro-phenyl)-5-fluoro-pyridine-2-carboxylic        acid,        4-amino-3-chloro-6-(4-chloro-2-fluoro-3-methoxy-phenyl)-pyridine-2-carboxylic        acid methyl ester, and        4-amino-3-chloro-6-(4-chloro-3-dimethylamino-2-fluoro-phenyl)-pyridine-2-carboxylic        acid methyl ester;

O) Insecticides

-   -   organo(thio)phosphates: acephate (O.1.1), azamethiphos (O.1.2),        azinphos-methyl (O.1.3), chlorpyrifos (O.1.4),        chlorpyrifos-methyl (O.1.5), chlorfenvinphos (O.1.6), diazinon        (O.1.7), dichlorvos (O.1.8), dicrotophos (O.1.9), dimethoate        (O.1.10), disulfoton (O.1.11), ethion (O.1.12), fenitrothion        (O.1.13), fenthion (O.1.14), isoxathion (O.1.15), malathion        (O.1.16), methamidophos (O.1.17), methidathion (O.1.18),        methyl-parathion (O.1.19), mevinphos (O.1.20), monocrotophos        (O.1.21), oxydemeton-methyl (O.1.22), paraoxon (O.1.23),        parathion (O.1.24), phenthoate (O.1.25), phosalone (O.1.26),        phosmet (O.1.27), phosphamidon (O.1.28), phorate (O.1.29),        phoxim (O.1.30), pirimiphos-methyl (O.1.31), profenofos        (O.1.32), prothiofos (O.1.33), sulprophos (O.1.34),        tetrachlorvinphos (O.1.35), terbufos (O.1.36), triazophos        (O.1.37), trichlorfon (O.1.38);    -   carbamates: alanycarb (O.2.1), aldicarb (O.2.2), bendiocarb        (O.2.3), benfuracarb (O.2.4), carbaryl (O.2.5), carbofuran        (O.2.6), carbosulfan (O.2.7), fenoxycarb (O.2.8), furathiocarb        (O.2.9), methiocarb (O.2.10), methomyl (O.2.11), oxamyl        (O.2.12), pirimicarb (O.2.13), propoxur (O.2.14), thiodicarb        (O.2.15), triazamate (O.2.16);    -   pyrethroids: allethrin (O.3.1), bifenthrin (O.3.2), cyfluthrin        (O.3.3), cyhalothrin (O.3.4), cyphenothrin (O.3.5), cypermethrin        (O.3.6), alpha-cypermethrin (O.3.7), beta-cypermethrin (O.3.8),        zeta-cypermethrin (O.3.9), deltamethrin (O.3.10), esfenvalerate        (O.3.11), etofenprox (O.3.11), fenpropathrin (O.3.12),        fenvalerate (O.3.13), imiprothrin (O.3.14), lambda-cyhalothrin        (O.3.15), permethrin (O.3.16), prallethrin (O.3.17), pyrethrin I        and II (O.3.18), resmethrin (O.3.19), silafluofen (O.3.20),        tau-fluvalinate (O.3.21), tefluthrin (O.3.22), tetramethrin        (O.3.23), tralomethrin (O.3.24), transfluthrin (O.3.25),        profluthrin (O.3.26), dimefluthrin (O.3.27);    -   insect growth regulators: a) chitin synthesis inhibitors:        benzoylureas: chlorfluazuron (O.4.1), cyramazin (O.4.2),        diflubenzuron (O.4.3), flucycloxuron (O.4.4), flufenoxuron        (O.4.5), hexaflumuron (O.4.6), lufenuron (O.4.7), novaluron        (O.4.8), teflubenzuron (O.4.9), triflumuron (O.4.10); buprofezin        (O.4.11), diofenolan (O.4.12), hexythiazox (O.4.13), etox-azole        (O.4.14), clofentazine (O.4.15); b) ecdysone antagonists:        halofenozide (O.4.16), methoxyfenozide (O.4.17), tebufenozide        (O.4.18), azadirachtin (O.4.19); c) juvenoids: pyriproxyfen        (O.4.20), methoprene (O.4.21), fenoxycarb (O.4.22); d) lipid        biosynthesis inhibitors: spirodiclofen (O.4.23), spiromesifen        (O.4.24), spirotetramat (O.4.24);    -   nicotinic receptor agonists/antagonists compounds: clothianidin        (O.5.1), dinotefuran (O.5.2), flupyradifurone (O.5.3),        imidacloprid (O.5.4), thiamethoxam (O.5.5), nitenpyram (O.5.6),        acetamiprid (O.5.7), thiacloprid (O.5.8),        1-2-chloro-thiazol-5-ylmethyl)-2-nitrimino-3,5-dimethyl-[1,3,5]triazinane        (O.5.9);    -   GABA antagonist compounds: endosulfan (O.6.19, ethiprole        (O.6.2), fipronil (O.6.3), vaniliprole (O.6.4), pyrafluprole        (O.6.5), pyriprole (O.6.6),        5-amino-1-(2,6-dichloro-4-methyl-phenyl)-4-sulfinamoyl-1H-pyrazole-3-carbothioic        acid amide (O.6.7);    -   macrocyclic lactone insecticides: abamectin (O.7.1), emamectin        (O.7.2), milbemectin (O.7.3), lepimectin (O.7.4), spinosad        (O.7.5), spinetoram (O.7.6);    -   mitochondrial electron transport inhibitor (METI) I acaricides:        fenazaquin (O.8.1), pyridaben (O.8.2), tebufenpyrad (O.8.3),        tolfenpyrad (O.8.4), flufenerim (O.8.5);    -   METI II and III compounds: acequinocyl (O.9.1), fluacyprim        (O.9.2), hydramethylnon (O.9.3);    -   Uncouplers: chlorfenapyr (O.10.1);    -   oxidative phosphorylation inhibitors: cyhexatin (O.11.1),        diafenthiuron (O.11.2), fenbutatin oxide (O.11.3), propargite        (O.11.4);    -   moulting disruptor compounds: cryomazine (O.12.1);    -   mixed function oxidase inhibitors: piperonyl butoxide (O.13.1);    -   sodium channel blockers: indoxacarb (O.14.1), metaflumizone        (O.14.2);    -   ryanodine receptor inhibitors: chlorantraniliprole (O.15.1),        cyantraniliprole (O.15.2), flu-bendiamide (O.15.3),        N-[4,6-dichloro-2-[(diethyl-lambda-4-sulfanylidene)carbamoyl]-phenyl]-2-(3-chloro-2-pyridyl)-5-(trifluoromethyl)pyrazole-3-carboxamide        (O.15.4);        N-[4-chloro-2-[(di-ethyl-lambda-4-sulfanylidene)carbamoyl]-6-methyl-phenyl]-2-(3-chloro-2-pyridyl)-5-(triflu-oromethyl)pyrazole-3-carboxamide        (O.15.5);        N-[4-chloro-2-[(di-2-propyl-lambda-4-sulfanyli-dene)carbamoyl]-6-methyl-phenyl]-2-(3-chloro-2-pyridyl)-5-(trifluoromethyl)pyrazole-3-carboxamide        (O.15.6);        N-[4,6-dichloro-2-[(di-2-propyl-lambda-4-sulfanylidene)carbamoyl]-phenyl]-2-(3-chloro-2-pyridyl)-5-(trifluoromethyl)pyrazole-3-carboxamide        (O.15.7);        N-[4,6-dichloro-2-[(diethyl-lambda-4-sulfanylidene)carbamoyl]-phenyl]-2-(3-chloro-2-pyridyl)-5-(difluoromethyl)pyrazole-3-carboxamide        (O.15.8);        N-[4,6-dibromo-2-[(di-2-propyl-lambda-4-sul-fanylidene)carbamoyl]-phenyl]-2-(3-chloro-2-pyridyl)-5-(trifluoromethyl)pyrazole-3-carboxamide        (O.15.9);        N-[4-chloro-2-[(di-2-propyl-lambda-4-sulfanylidene)carbamoyl]-6-cyano-phenyl]-2-(3-chloro-2-pyridyl)-5-(trifluoromethyl)pyrazole-3-carboxamide        (O.15.10);        N-[4,6-dibromo-2-[(diethyl-lambda-4-sulfanylidene)carbamoyl]-phenyl]-2-(3-chloro-2-pyridyl)-5-(tri-fluoromethyl)pyrazole-3-carboxamide        (O.15.11);    -   others: benclothiaz (O.16.1), bifenazate (O.16.2), artap        (O.16.3), flonicamid (O.16.4), pyridalyl (O.16.5), pymetrozine        (O.16.6), sulfur (O.16.7), thiocyclam (O.16.8), cyenopyrafen        (O.16.9), flupyrazofos (O.16.10), cyflumetofen (O.16.11),        amidoflumet (O.16.12), imicyafos (O.16.13), bistrifluron        (O.16.14), pyrifluquinazon (O.16.15) and        1,1′-[(3S,4R,4aR,6S,6aS,12R,12aS,12bS)-4-[[(2-cyclopropylacetyl)oxy]methyl]-1,3,4,4a,5,6,6a,12,12a,12b-decahydro-12-hydroxy-4,6a,12b-trimethyl-11-oxo-9-(3-pyridinyl)-2H,11H-naphtho[2,1-b]pyrano[3,4-e]pyran-3,6-diyl]cyclopropaneacetic        acid ester (O.16.16).

The present invention furthermore relates to agrochemical compositionscomprising a mixture of at least one compound I (component 1) and atleast one further active substance useful for plant protection, e.g.selected from the groups A) to O) (component 2), in particular onefurther fungicide, e.g. one or more fungicide from the groups A) to K),as described above, and if desired one suitable solvent or solidcarrier. Those mixtures are of particular interest, since many of themat the same application rate show higher efficiencies against harmfulfungi. Furthermore, combating harmful fungi with a mixture of compoundsI and at least one fungicide from groups A) to K), as described above,is more efficient than combating those fungi with individual compounds Ior individual fungicides from groups A) to K).

By applying compounds I together with at least one active substance fromgroups A) to O) a synergistic effect can be obtained, i.e. more thensimple addition of the individual effects is obtained (synergisticmixtures).

This can be obtained by applying the compounds I and at least onefurther active substance simultaneously, either jointly (e.g. astank-mix) or seperately, or in succession, wherein the time intervalbetween the individual applications is selected to ensure that theactive substance applied first still occurs at the site of action in asufficient amount at the time of application of the further activesubstance(s). The order of application is not essential for working ofthe present invention.

When applying compound I and a pesticide II sequentially the timebetween both applications may vary e.g. between 2 hours to 7 days. Alsoa broader range is possible ranging from 0.25 hour to 30 days,preferably from 0.5 hour to 14 days, particularly from 1 hour to 7 daysor from 1.5 hours to 5 days, even more preferred from 2 hours to 1 day.In case of a mixture comprising a pesticide II selected from group L),it is preferred that the pesticide II is applied as last treatment.

According to the invention, the solid material (dry matter) of thebiopesticides (with the exception of oils such as Neem oil, Tagetes oil,etc.) are considered as active components (e.g. to be obtained afterdrying or evaporation of the extraction medium or the suspension mediumin case of liquid formulations of the microbial pesticides).

In accordance with the present invention, the weight ratios andpercentages used herein for a biological extract such as Quillay extractare based on the total weight of the dry content (solid material) of therespective extract(s).

The total weight ratios of compositions comprising at least onemicrobial pesticide in the form of viable microbial cells includingdormant forms, can be determined using the amount of CFU of therespective microorganism to calculate the total weight of the respectiveactive component with the following equation that 1×10¹⁰ CFU equals onegram of total weight of the respective active component. Colony formingunit is measure of viable microbial cells, in particular fungal andbacterial cells. In addition, here “CFU” may also be understood as thenumber of (juvenile) individual nematodes in case of (entomopathogenic)nematode biopesticides, such as Steinernema feltiae.

In the binary mixtures and compositions according to the invention theweight ratio of the component 1) and the component 2) generally dependsfrom the properties of the active components used, usually it is in therange of from 1:100 to 100:1, regularly in the range of from 1:50 to50:1, preferably in the range of from 1:20 to 20:1, more preferably inthe range of from 1:10 to 10:1, even more preferably in the range offrom 1:4 to 4:1 and in particular in the range of from 1:2 to 2:1.

According to further embodiments of the binary mixtures andcompositions, the weight ratio of the component 1) and the component 2)usually is in the range of from 1000:1 to 1:1, often in the range offrom 100:1 to 1:1, regularly in the range of from 50:1 to 1:1,preferably in the range of from 20:1 to 1:1, more preferably in therange of from 10:1 to 1:1, even more preferably in the range of from 4:1to 1:1 and in particular in the range of from 2:1 to 1:1.

According to further embodiments of the binary mixtures andcompositions, the weight ratio of the component 1) and the component 2)usually is in the range of from 1:1 to 1:1000, often in the range offrom 1:1 to 1:100, regularly in the range of from 1:1 to 1:50,preferably in the range of from 1:1 to 1:20, more preferably in therange of from 1:1 to 1:10, even more preferably in the range of from 1:1to 1:4 and in particular in the range of from 1:1 to 1:2.

According to further embodiments of the mixtures and compositions, theweight ratio of the component 1) and the component 2) generally dependsfrom the properties of the active components used, usually it is in therange of from 1:10,000 to 10,000:1, regularly in the range of from 1:100to 10,000:1, preferably in the range of from 1:100 to 5,000:1, morepreferably in the range of from 1:1 to 1,000:1, even more preferably inthe range of from 1:1 to 500:1 and in particular in the range of from10:1 to 300:1.

According to further embodiments of the mixtures and compositions, theweight ratio of the component 1) and the component 2) usually is in therange of from 20,000:1 to 1:10, often in the range of from 10,000:1 to1:1, regularly in the range of from 5,000:1 to 5:1, preferably in therange of from 5,000:1 to 10:1, more preferably in the range of from2,000:1 to 30:1, even more preferably in the range of from 2,000:1 to100:1 and in particular in the range of from 1,000:1 to 100:1.

According to further embodiments of the mixtures and compositions, theweight ratio of the component 1) and the component 2) usually is in therange of from 1:20,000 to 10:1, often in the range of from 1:10,000 to1:1, regularly in the range of from 1:5,000 to 1:5, preferably in therange of from 1:5,000 to 1:10, more preferably in the range of from1:2,000 to 1:30, even more preferably in the range of from 1:2,000 to1:100 and in particular in the range of from 1:1,000 to 1:100.

In the ternary mixtures, i.e. compositions according to the inventioncomprising the component 1 and component 2) and a compound III(component 3), the weight ratio of component 1) and component 2) dependsfrom the properties of the active substances used, usually it is in therange of from 1:100 to 100:1, regularly in the range of from 1:50 to50:1, preferably in the range of from 1:20 to 20:1, more preferably inthe range of from 1:10 to 10:1 and in particular in the range of from1:4 to 4:1, and the weight ratio of component 1) and component 3)usually it is in the range of from 1:100 to 100:1, regularly in therange of from 1:50 to 50:1, preferably in the range of from 1:20 to20:1, more preferably in the range of from 1:10 to 10:1 and inparticular in the range of from 1:4 to 4:1.

Any further active components are, if desired, added in a ratio of from20:1 to 1:20 to the component 1).

These ratios are also suitable for inventive mixtures applied by seedtreatment.

When mixtures comprising microbial pesticides are employed in cropprotection, the application rates preferably range from about 1×10⁶ to5×10¹⁵ (or more) CFU/ha, preferably from about 1×10⁸ to about 1×10¹³CFU/ha, and even more preferably from about 1×10⁹ to about 1×10¹²CFU/ha. In the case of (entomopathogenic) nematodes as microbialpesticides (e.g. Steinernema feltiae), the application rates preferablyrange inform about 1×10⁵ to 1×10¹² (or more), more preferably from 1×10⁸to 1×10¹¹, even more preferably from 5×10⁸ to 1×10¹⁰ individuals (e.g.in the form of eggs, juvenile or any other live stages, preferably in aninfetive juvenile stage) per ha.

When mixtures comprising microbial pesticides are employed in seedtreatment, the application rates with respect to plant propagationmaterial preferably range from about 1×10⁶ to 1×10¹² (or more) CFU/seed.Preferably, the concentration is about 1×10⁶ to about 1×10⁹ CFU/seed. Inthe case of the microbial pesticides II, the application rates withrespect to plant propagation material also preferably range from about1×10⁷ to 1×10¹⁴ (or more) CFU per 100 kg of seed, preferably from 1×10⁹to about 1×10¹² CFU per 100 kg of seed.

Preference is also given to mixtures comprising as component 2) at leastone active substance selected from group A), which is particularlyselected from (A.1.1), (A.1.4), (A.1.8), (A.1.9), (A.1.12), (A.1.13),(A.1.14), (A.1.17), (A.1.19), (A.1.21), (A.2.1), (A.2.2), (A.3.2),(A.3.3), (A.3.4), (A.3.7), (A.3.8), (A.3.9), (A.3.12), (A.3.14),(A.3.15), (A.3.16), (A.3.19), (A.3.20), (A.3.21), (A.3.22), (A.3.23),(A.3.24), (A.3.25), (A.3.26), (A.3.27); (A.4.5), (A.4.6), (A.4.8),(A.4.9), (A.4.11), (A.1.23), (A.1.24) (A.1.25) and (A.1.26). In certainembodiments component 2 is selected from azoxystrobin, dimoxystrobin,fluoxastrobin, kresoxim-methyl, orysastrobin, picoxystrobin,pyraclostrobin, trifloxystrobin; famoxadone, fenamidone;benzovindiflupyr, bixafen, boscalid, fluopyram, fluxapyroxad,isopyrazam, penflufen, penthiopyrad, sedaxane; ametoctradin, cyazofamid,fluazinam, fentin salts, such as fentin acetate.

Preference is given to mixtures as component 2) at least one activesubstance selected from group B), which is particularly selected from(B.1.4), (B.1.5), diniconazole (B.1.6), (B.1.8), (B.1.10), (B.1.11),(B.1.12), (B.1.17), (B.1.18), (B.1.21), (B.1.22), (B.1.23), (B.1.25),(B.1.26), (B.1.27), (B.1.28), (B.1.29), uni (B.1.31), (B.1.32),(B.1.33), (B.1.34), (B.1.35), (B.1.36), (B.1.37), (B.1.38), (B.1.39),(B.1.40), (B.1.41), (B.1.42), (B.1.44), (B.1.46), (B.1.49) and (B.1.50;(B.2.2), (B.2.4), (B.2.5), (B.2.6), piperalin (B.2.7), (B.2.8); and(B.3.1). In certain embodiments component 2 is selected fromcyproconazole, difenoconazole, epoxiconazole, fluquinconazole,flusilazole, flutriafol, metconazole, myclobutanil, penconazole,propiconazole, prothioconazole, triadimefon, triadimenol, tebuconazole,tetraconazole, triticonazole, prochloraz, fenarimol, triforine;dodemorph, fenpropimorph, tridemorph, fenpropidin, spiroxamine;fenhexamid.

Preference is given to mixtures comprising as component 2) at least oneactive substance selected from group C), which is particularly selectedfrom (C.1.4), C.1.5), (C.1.6), and (C.2.4).

In certain embodiments,

component 2 is selected from metalaxyl, (metalaxyl-M) mefenoxam,ofurace.

Preference is given to mixtures comprising as component 2) at least oneactive substance selected from group D), which is particularly selectedfrom (D1.1), (D1.2), (D1.4), (D1.5); (D2.2), (D2.4), (D2.5), (D2.6) and(D2.7). In certain embodiments component 2 is selected from benomyl,carbendazim, thiophanate-methyl, ethaboxam, fluopicolide, zoxamide,metrafenone, pyriofenone.

Preference is also given to mixtures comprising as component 2) at leastone active substance selected from group E), which is particularlyselected from (E.1.1), (E.1.2), and (E.1.3).

In certain embodiments component 2 is selected from cyprodinil,mepanipyrim, pyrimethanil.

Preference is also given to mixtures comprising as component 2) at leastone active substance selected from group F), which is particularlyselected from (F.1.2), (F.1.4), (F.1.5), (F.1.6) and (F.2.1). In certainembodiments component 2) is selected from iprodione, fludioxonil,vinclozolin, quinoxyfen.

Preference is also given to mixtures as component 2) at least one activesubstance selected from group G), which is particularly selected from(G.3.1), (G.3.2), (G.3.3), (G.3.4), (G.3.5), (G.3.6), (G.4.1) and(G.5.1).

In certain embodiments component 2 is selected from dimethomorph,flumorph, iprovalicarb, benthiavalicarb, mandipropamid, propamocarb.Preference is also given to mixtures comprising as component 2) at leastone active substance selected from group H), which is and particularlyselected from (H.1.2), (H.1.3), copper oxychloride (H.1.4), (H.1.5),(H.1.6); (H.2.2), (H.2.5), (H.2.7), (H.3.2), (H.3.3), (H.3.4), (H.3.5),(H.3.6), (H.3.12); (H.4.2), (H.4.6), dithianon (H.4.9) and (H.4.10). Incertain embodiments, component 2 is selected from copper acetate, copperhydroxide, copper oxychloride, copper sulfate, sulfur, mancozeb,metiram, propineb, thiram, captafol, folpet, chlorothalonil,dichlofluanid, dithianon.

Preference is also given to mixtures comprising as component 2) at leastone active substance selected from group I), which is particularlyselected from (1.2.3) and (1.2.5). In certain embodiments, component 2is selected from carpropamid and fenoxanil.

Preference is also given to mixtures comprising as component 2) at leastone active substance selected from group J), which is particularlyselected from (J.1.1), (J.1.2), (J.1.3), (J.1.4), (J.1.6), (J.1.7),(J.1.8) and (J.1.9). In certain embodiments, component 2 is selectedfrom acibenzolar-S-methyl, probenazole, tiadinil, fosetyl,fosetyl-aluminium, H₃PO₃ and salts thereof.

Preference is also given to mixtures comprising as component 2) at leastone active substance selected from group K), which is particularlyselected from (K.1.4), (K.1.5), (K.1.8), (K.1.12), (K.1.14), (K.1.15),(K.1.19) and (K.1.22). In certain embodiments component 2 is selectedfrom cymoxanil, proquinazid andN-methyl-2-{1-[(5-methyl-3-trifluoromethyl-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)-acetyl]-piperidin-4-yl}-N-[(1R)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalen-1-yl]-4-thiazolecarboxamide.

The biopesticides from group L1) and/or L2) may also have insecticidal,acaricidal, molluscidal, pheromone, nematicidal, plant stress reducing,plant growth regulator, plant growth promoting and/or yield enhancingactivity. The biopesticides from group L3) and/or L4) may also havefungicidal, bactericidal, viricidal, plant defense activator, plantstress reducing, plant growth regulator, plant growth promoting and/oryield enhancing activity. The biopesticides from group L5) and/or L6)may also have fungicidal, bactericidal, viricidal, plant defenseactivator, insecticidal, acaricidal, molluscidal, pheromone and/ornematicidal activity.

Many of these biopesticides have been deposited under deposition numbersmentioned herein (the prefices refer to the acronym of the respectiveculture collection), are referred to in literature, registered and/orare commercially available: aluminium silicate (Screen™ Duo from CertisLLC, USA), Agrobacterium radiobacter K1026 (e.g. NoGall® from BASFAgricultural Specialties Pty Ltd, Australia), A. radiobacter K84 (Nature280, 697-699, 1979; e.g. GaIITroII® from AG Biochem, Inc., C, USA),Ampelomyces quisqualis M-10 (e.g. AQ 10® from Intrachem Bio GmbH & Co.KG, Germany), Ascophyllum nodosum (Norwegian kelp, Brown kelp) extractor filtrate (e.g. ORKA GOLD from BASF Agricultural Specialities (Pty)Ltd., South Africa; or Goemar® from Laboratoires Goemar, France),Aspergillus flavus NRRL 21882 isolated from a peanut in Georgia in 1991by USDA, National Peanut Research Laboratory (e.g. in Afla-Guard® fromSyngenta, CH), mixtures of Aureobasidium pullulans DSM 14940 and DSM14941 (e.g. blastospores in BlossomProtect® from bio-ferm GmbH,Germany), Azospirillum amazonense SpY2 (DN: BR 11140; Proc. 9^(th) Int.and 1^(st) Latin American PGPR meeting, Quimara, Medellin, Colombia2012, p. 60, ISBN 978-958-46-0908-3), A. brasilense AZ39 (also called Az39; INTA Az-39; Eur. J. Soil Biol 45(1), 28-35, 2009), A. brasilense XOH(e.g. AZOS from Xtreme Gardening, USA or RTI Reforestation TechnologiesInternational; USA), A. brasilense BR 11002 (Proc. 9^(th) Int. and1^(st) Latin American PGPR meeting, Quimara, Medellin, Colombia 2012, p.60, ISBN 978-958-46-0908-3), A. brasilense Sp245 (BR 11005; e.g. inGELFIX Gramineas from BASF Agricultural Specialties Ltd., Brazil), A.brasilense strains Ab-V5 and Ab-V6 (e.g. in AzoMax from Novozymes BioAgProdutos papra Agricultura Ltda., Quattro Barras, Brazil orSimbioseMaiz® from Simbiose-Agro, Cruz Alta, RS, Brazil; Plant Soil 331,413-425, 2010), A. lipoferum BR 11646 (Sp31) (Proc. 9^(th) Int. and1^(st) Latin American PGPR meeting, Quimara, Medellin, Colombia 2012, p.60), Bacillus altitudinis 41KF2b (DSM 21631; Int. J. Syst. Evol.Microbiol. 56(7), 1465-1473, 2006), Bacillus amyloliquefaciens strainsAP-136 (NRRL B-50614 and B-50330), AP-188 (NRRL B-50615 and B-50331),AP-218 (NRRL B-50618), AP-219 (NRRL B-50619 and B-50332), and AP-295(NRRL B-50620 and B-50333) all known from U.S. Pat. No. 8,445,255; B.amyloliquefaciens IT-45 (CNCM I-3800) (e.g. Rhizocell C from ITHEC,France), B. amyloliquefaciens IN937a (J. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 17(2),280-286, 2007; e.g. BioYield® from Gustafson LLC, Tex., USA), B.amyloliquefaciens spp. plantarum D747 (US 20130236522 A1; FERM BP-8234;e.g. Double Nickel™ 55 WDG or Double Nickel™ LC from Certis LLC, USA),B. amyloliquefaciens spp. plantarum FZB24 isolated from plantpathogen-infested soil of a sugar beet field in Brandenburg, Germany(also called SB3615; DSM ID 96-2; J. Plant Dis. Prot. 105, 181-197,1998; e.g. Taegro® from Novozyme Biologicals, Inc., USA),), B.amyloliquefaciens spp. plantarum SB3615vPPI being a phage-resistantvariant of FZB24 (MRRL B-50349; US 2011/023045 A1; from NovozymeBiologicals, Inc., USA), B. amyloliquefaciens ssp. plantarum FZB42isolated from plant pathogen-infested soil of a sugar beet field inBrandenburg, Germany (J. Plant Dis. Prot. 105, 181-197, 1998; DSM 23117;e.g. RhizoVital® 42 from AbiTEP GmbH, Berlin, Germany), B.amyloliquefaciens ssp. plantarum GB03 (also called GBO3; ATCC SD-1397;Phytopathol. 86(11), S36, 1996; e.g. Kodiak® or BioYield® fromGustafson, Inc., USA; or Companion® from Growth Products, Ltd., WhitePlains, N.Y. 10603, USA), B. amyloliquefaciens ssp. plantarum MBI600also referred to as 1430 (NRRL B-50595; Int. J. Microbiol. Res. 3(2)(2011), 120-130; US 2012/0149571 A1; e.g. Integral®, Subtilex® NG fromBASF Corp., USA), B. amyloliquefaciens spp. plantarum TJ1000 (alsocalled 1BE; CA 2471555 A1; ATCC BAA-390; e.g. QuickRoots™ from TJTechnologies, Watertown, S. Dak., USA), B. cereus CNCM I-1562 (U.S. Pat.No. 6,406,690), B. chitinosporus AQ746 isolated from roots inSaskatchewan, Canada (NRRL B-21618; U.S. Pat. No. 5,733,544; AgraQuestnow Bayer CropScience LP, USA), B. firmus CNCM I-1582 (WO 2009/126473,WO 2009/124707, U.S. Pat. No. 6,406,690; e.g. Votivo® from BayerCropScience LP, USA), B. megaterium strains H491 (NRRL B-50769), M018(NRRL B-50770) and J142 (NRRL B-50771) all known from US 2014/0051571 A1from Marrone Biolnnovations, Inc., USA; B. mojavensis AP-209 (NRRLB-50616; U.S. Pat. No. 8,445,255), B. mycoides AQ726 (NRRL B-21664; U.S.Pat. No. 5,906,818; from Bayer Crop Science, Germany), B. mycoidesstrain J (e.g. BmJ WG from Certis, USA against potato virus Y), B.pumilus GB34 (ATCC 700814; e.g. YieldShield® from Gustafson LLC, Tex.,USA), B. pumilus GHA 180 isolated from apple tree rhizosphere in Mexico(IDAC 260707-01; e.g. in PRO-MIX® BX from Premier Horticulture, 1,avenue Premier, Riviere-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada G5R6C1), B. pumilusKFP9F (NRRL B-50754; WO 2014/029697; e.g. BAC-UP or FUSION-P from BASFAgricultural Specialities (Pty) Ltd., South Africa), B. pumilus INR-7otherwise referred to as BU-F22 and BU-F33 (NRRL B-50185, NRRL B-50153;U.S. Pat. No. 8,445,255), B. pumilus QST 2808 (NRRL B-30087; e.g.Sonata® or Ballad® Plus from AgraQuest Inc., USA), B. solisalsi AP-217(NRRL B-50617; U.S. Pat. No. 8,445,255), B. subtilis CX-9060 (FederalRegister 77(7), 1633-1637; by Certis U.S.A., L.L.C.), B. subtilis FB17also called UD 1022 or UD10-22 isolated from red beet roots in NorthAmerica (ATCC PTA-11857; System. Appl. Microbiol. 27, 372-379, 2004; US2010/0260735; WO 2011/109395); B. subtilis GB07 (Phytopathol. 86(11),S36, 1996; Epic® from Gustafson, Inc., USA), B. subtilis QST-713isolated from a California peach orchard in 1995 (NRRL B-21661; e.g.Rhapsody®, Serenade® MAX or Serenade® ASO from AgraQuest Inc., USA), B.thuringiensis ssp. aizawai ABTS-1857 (also called ABG-6346; ATCCSD-1372; e.g. XenTari® from BioFa AG, Münsingen, Germany), B. t. ssp.aizawai SAN 401 I, ABG-6305 (WO 2013/087709); Bacillus t. ssp.israelensis AM65-52 of Serotype H-14 (ATCC SD-1276; e.g. VectoBac® fromValent BioSciences, IL, USA), Bacillus thuringiensis ssp. kurstaki SB4(NRRL B-50753; e.g. Beta Pro® from BASF Agricultural Specialities (Pty)Ltd., South Africa), B. t. ssp. kurstaki ABTS-351 identical to HD-1(ATCC SD-1275; e.g. Dipel® DF from Valent BioSciences, IL, USA), B. t.ssp. kurstaki EG 2348 (NRRL B-18208; e.g. Lepinox® or Rapax® from CBC(Europe) S.r.I., Italy), B. t. ssp. tenebrionis DSM 2803 of Serotype H8a, 8b (identical to NRRL B-15939; EP 0 585 215 B1; Mycogen Corp.), B.t. ssp. tenebrionis NB-125 (also referred to as SAN 418 I or ABG-6479;EP 0 585 215 B1; DSM 5526; former production strain of Novo-Nordisk), B.t. ssp. tenebrionis NB-176 (or NB-176-1; a gamma-irridated, inducedhigh-yielding mutant of strain NB-125; EP 585 215 B1; DSM 5480; e.g.Novodor® from Valent BioSciences, Switzerland), Beauveria bassiana JW-1(ATCC 74040; e.g. Naturalis® from CBC (Europe) S.r.I., Italy), B.bassiana DSM 12256 (US 200020031495; e.g. BioExpert® SC from LiveSystems Technology S.A., Colombia), B. bassiana GHA (ATCC 74250; e.g.BotaniGard® 22WGP from Laverlam Int. Corp., USA), B. bassiana PPRI 5339(ARSEF 5339; NRRL 50757; e.g. BroadBand® from BASF AgriculturalSpecialities (Pty) Ltd., South Africa), B. brongniartii for control ofcockchafer (J. Appl. Microbiol. 100(5),1063-72, 2006; e.g. Melocont®from Agrifutur, Agrianello, Italy), Bradyrhizobium sp. (e.g. Vault® fromBASF Corp., USA), B. sp. (Arachis) CB1015 presumably originallycollected in India (IITA 1006, USDA 3446; from Australian InoculantsResearch Group; http://www.qaseeds.com.au/inoculant_applic.php). B. sp.(Arachis) strains deposited at SEMIA and known from FEMS Microbiol.Letters 303(2), 123-131, 2010; Revista Brasileira de Ciencia do Solo35(3), 739-742, 2011, ISSN 0100-0683: SEMIA 6144, SEMIA 6462 (BR 3267)and SEMIA 6464 (BR 3262); B. sp. (Vigna) PNL01 (Bisson and Mason, Apr.29, 2010, Project report, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester,Mass., USA:http://www.wpi.edu/Pubs/E-project/Available/E-project-042810-163614/;e.g. Vault® Peanut Liquid from BASF Corp., USA), B. elkanii SEMIA 587(Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 73(8), 2635, 2007; e.g. GELFIX 5 from BASFAgricultural Specialties Ltd., Brazil), B. elkanii SEMIA 5019 (=29W;Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 73(8), 2635, 2007; e.g. GELFIX 5 from BASFAgricultural Specialties Ltd., Brazil), B. elkanii USDA 76, B. elkaniiUSDA 94B. elkanii USDA 3254, B. elkanii U-1301 and U-1302 (e.g.Nitragin® Optimize from Novozymes Bio As S.A., Brazil, or Nlitrasec forsoybean from LAGE y Cia, Brazil), B. japonicum (e.g. VAULT® from BASFCorp., USA), B. japonicum 532c isolated from Wisconsin field (Nitragin61A152; Can. J. Plant. Sci. 70, 661-666, 1990; e.g. in Rhizoflo®,Histick®, Hicoat® Super from BASF Agricultural Specialties Ltd.,Canada), B. japonicum E-109 variant of strain USDA 138 (INTA E109, SEMIA5085; Eur. J. Soil Biol. 45, 28-35, 2009; Biol. Fertil. Soils 47, 81-89,2011), B. japonicum G49 (MSDJ G49; C. R. Acad. Agric. Fr. 73, 163-171,1987); B. japonicum strains deposited at SEMIA known from Appl. Environ.Microbiol. 73(8), 2635, 2007: SEMIA 566 isolated from North Americaninoculant in 1966 and used in Brazilian commercial inoculants from 1966to 1978, SEMIA 586 originally isolated in Maryland, USA, in 1961 butreceived from Australia in 1966 and used in Brazilian inoculants in 1977(CB 1809, USDA 136, Nitragin 61A136, RCR 3407), SEMIA 5079 a naturalvariant of SEMIA 566 used in commercial inoculants since 1992 (CPAC 15;e.g. GELFIX 5 or ADHERE 60 from BASF Agricultural Specialties Ltd.,Brazil), B. japonicum SEMIA 5080 a natural variant of SEMIA 586 used incommercial inoculants since 1992 (CPAC 7; e.g. GELFIX 5 or ADHERE 60from BASF Agricultural Specialties Ltd., Brazil); B. japonicum TA-11(TA11 NOD⁺) (NRRL B-18466; U.S. Pat. No. 5,021,076; Appl. Environ.Microbiol. 56, 2399-2403, 1990; e.g. VAULT® NP, from BASF Corp., USA),B. japonicum strains deposited at USDA known from U.S. Pat. No.7,262,151 and Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 60, 940-94, 1994: USDA 3isolated from Glycine maxin Virginia (USA) in 1914, USDA 31 (=Nitragin61A164) od Serogroup 31 isolated from Glycine maxin Wisconsin (USA) in1941, USDA 76 isolated from plant passage of strain USDA 74 (Serogroup76) which has been isolated from G. maxin California (USA) in 1956, USDA110 (=IITA 2121, SEMIA 5032, RCR 3427, ARS I-110 and Nitragin 61A89;Serogroup 110) isolated from G. maxin Florida in 1959, USDA 121 isolatedfrom G. maxin Ohio (USA) in 1965 (Crop Science 26(5), 911-916, 1986); B.japonicum WB74 (e.g. Eco-Rhiz Soya from Plant Health Products (Pty) Ltd,South Africa; or Soybean inoculant from Stimuplant CC, South Africa), B.lupini LL13 isolated from Lupinus iuteus nodules from French soils(deposited at INRA, France;http://agriculture.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/ch20060216.pdf), B. lupini strainsfrom Australia and known from Palta J. A., Berger J. B. (eds), Proceed.12^(th) International Lupin Conference, 14-18 Sep. 2008, Fremantle,Western Australia, International Lupin Association, Canterbury, NewZealand, 47-50,http://www.lupins.org/pdf/conference/2008/Agronomy%20and%20Production/John%20Howieson%20and%20G% 20OHara.pdf; Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 71, 7041-7052, 2005; AustralianJ. Exp. Agricult. 36(1), 63-70, 1996: strains WU425 isolated inEsperance, Western Australia from a non-Australian legume Ornithopuscompressus, WSM471 isolated from Ornithopus pinnatus in Oyster Harbour,Western Australia, and WSM4024 isolated from lupins in Australia by CRSduring a 2005 survey; Burkholderia sp. A396 (NRRL B-50319; WO2013/032693; Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc., USA), Candida oleophilaI-182 (NRRL Y-18846; Phytoparasitica 23(3), 231-234, 1995; e.g. Aspire®from Ecogen Inc., USA;), C. oleophila strain O (NRRL Y-2317; BiologicalControl 51, 403-408, 2009), Candida saitoana (e.g. Biocure® [in mixturewith lysozyme] and BioCoat® from Micro Flo Company, USA (BASF SE) andArysta), chitosan (e.g. Armour-Zen® from BotriZen Ltd., NZ),Clonostachys rosea f. catenulate (also named Gliocladium catenulatum)J1446 isolated from Finnish field soil (NJF seminar No 389: Pest,disease and weed management in strawberry; Finland 8-9. Nov. 2006 in NJFReport 2(10), 15-15, 2006; DSM 9212; e.g. Primastop® or Prestop® fromVerdera Oy, Finland), Chromobacterium subtsugae PRAA4-1 isolated fromsoil under an eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) in the CatoctinMountain region of central Maryland (NRRL B-30655; e.g. Grandevo® fromMarrone Bio Innovations, USA), Coniothyrium minitans CON/M/91-08 (WO1996/021358; DSM 9660; e.g. Contans® WG, Intercept® WG from ProphytaBiologischer Pflanzenschutz GmbH, Germany), Cryphonectria parasitica(hypovirulent strains; Microbiol. Reviews 56(4), 561-576, 1992; e.g.product Endothia parasitica from CNICM, France), Cryptococcus albidus(e.g. YIELD PLUS® from Anchor Bio-Technologies, South Africa),Cryptophlebia leucotreta granulovirus (CrleGV) (e.g. CRYPTEX fromAdermatt Biocontrol, Switzerland), Cydia pomonella granulovirus (CpGV)V03 (DSM GV-0006; e.g. Madex® Max from Andermatt Biocontrol,Switzerland), CpGV V22 (DSM GV-0014; e.g. Madex® Twin from AdermattBiocontrol, Switzerland), Deftlia acidovorans RAY209 (ATCC PTA-4249; WO2003/57861; e.g. BioBoost® from Brett Young, Winnipeg, Canada),Dilophosphora alopecuri (FarmNote 396, February 2010, Department ofAgriculture and Food, Government of Western Australia; e.g. Twist Fungusfrom BASF Agricultural Specialties Pty Ltd, Australia), Ecklonia maxima(kelp) extract (J. Ecological Engineering 14(1), 48-52, 2013; e.g.KELPAK SL from Kelp Products Ltd, South Africa), Flavobacterium sp. H492(ATCC B-505584; WO 2013/138398; e.g. MBI-302 from Marrone BioInnovations, USA for soyean cyst nematode control), formononetin (U.S.Pat. No. 5,002,603; e.g. Myconate® from Plant Health Care plc, U.K.),Fusarium oxysporum Fo47 (non-pathogenic strain isolated from asuppressive soil located at Châteaurenard, France; Appl. Environ.Microbiol 68(8), 4044-4060, 2002; Fusaclean® from Natural PlantProtection, N.P.P. (société anonyme) Route d'Artix F-64150 Nogueres,France), F. oxysporum 251/2RB (Prevention Today Vol. 2, n. 1-2, 47-62,2006; e.g. Biofox® C from S.I.A.P.A., Italy); Glomus intraradices (e.g.Myc® 4000 from ITHEC, France), Glomus intraradices RTI-801 (e.g. MYKOSfrom Xtreme Gardening, USA or RTI Reforestation TechnologiesInternational; USA), grapefruit seeds and pulp extract (e.g. BC-1000from Chemie S.A., Chile), harpin (alpha-beta) protein (Science 257,85-88, 1992; e.g. Messenger™ or HARPN-Tek from Plant Health Care plc,U.K.), Helicoverpa armigera nucleopolyhedrovirus (HearNPV) (J.Invertebrate Pathol. 107, 112-126, 2011; e.g. Helicovex® from AdermattBiocontrol, Switzerland), Heterorhabditis bacteriophora (e.g. Nemasys® Gfrom BASF Agricultural Specialities Limited, UK), Isaria fumosoroseaApopka-97 (ATCC 20874; Biocontrol Science Technol. 22(7), 747-761, 2012;e.g. PFR-97™ or PreFeRal® from Certis LLC, USA), I. fumosorosea FE 9901(ARSEF 4490; Biocontrol Science Technol. 22(7), 747-761, 2012; e.g.blastospores in NoFly™ WP from Natural Industries, Inc., Houston, Tex.,USA or from Novozymes, U.S.A.), cis-jasmone (U.S. Pat. No. 6,890,525;U.S. Pat. No. 8,221,736; Plant Bioscience Limited, Norwich, U.K.),laminarin (e.g. in Vacciplant® from Laboratoires Goemar, St. Malo,France or Stahler SA, Switzerland), Lecanicilllium longisporum KV42 andKV71 (e.g. Vertalec® from Koppert BV, Netherlands), L. muscarium Ve6(also called KV01; IMI 19-79, CABI 268317, CBS 102071, ARSEF 5128; e.g.Mycotal® from Koppert BV, Netherlands), Lysobacter antibioticus 13-1(Biological Control 45, 288-296, 2008), L. antibioticus HS124 (Curr.Microbiol. 59(6), 608-615, 2009), L. enzymogenes 3.1T8 (Microbiol. Res.158, 107-115, 2003; Biological Control 31(2), 145-154, 2004);Mesorhizobium spp. strains known from Soil Biol. Biochem. 36(8),1309-1317, 2004; Plant and Soil 348(1-2), 231-243, 2011: M. sp. WSM1271collected in Sardinia, Italy, from plant host Biserrula pelecinus, M.sp. WSM 1497 collected in Mykonos, Greece, from Biserrula pelecinus,Mesorhizobium ciceri CC1192 collected in Israel from Cicer arietinumnodules (UPM 848, CECT 5549; Can. J. Microbiol. 48, 279-284, 2002; fromHorticultural Research Station, Gosford, Australia), M. huakuii HN3015isolated from Astralagus sinicus in a rice-growing field of SouthernChina (World J. Microbiol. Biotechn. 23(6), 845-851, 2007, ISSN0959-3993), M. loti CC829 isolated from L. ulginosus nodules in USA (NZP2012; commerical inoculant for Lotus pedunculatus and L. ulginosus inAustralia), and M. loti SU343 isolated from host nodules in USA(commercial inoculant for Lotus corniculatus in Australia); Metarhiziumanisopliae FI-1045 (AGAL V10/0104285; WO 2012/018266; e.g. Biocane® fromBASF Agricultural Specialties Pty Ltd, Australia), M. anisopliae var.anisopliae F52 also called 275 or V275 (DSM 3884, ATCC 90448; e.g.Met52® Novozymes Biologicals BioAg Group, Canada), M. anisopliae ICIPE69 isolated from a soil sample obtained from the Democratic Republic ofCongo (DRC) and using the Galleria bait method in 1990 (e.g. Metathripolfrom ICIPE, Nairobe, Kenya), M. anisopliae var. acridum IMI 330189isolated from Ornithacris cavroisi in Niger (NRRL 50758; e.g. GreenMuscle® from BASF Agricultural Specialities (Pty) Ltd., South Africa),M. a. var. acridum FI-985 isolated from a spur-throated locust,Austracris guttulosa (Walker), near Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia,in 1979 (ARSEF 324; Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada 171,287-300, 1997; e.g. Green Guard® SC from BASF Agricultural SpecialtiesPty Ltd, Australia), Metschnikowia fructicola 277 isolated from thesurface of grape berries (cv. Superior) grown in the central part ofIsrael (U.S. Pat. No. 6,994,849; NRRL Y-30752; e.g. Shemer® fromAgrogreen, Israel, now distributed by Bayer CropSciences, Germany),Microdochium dimerum L13 (CNCM I-3141; e.g. Antibot® from Agrauxine,France), Microsphaeropsis ochracea P130A isolated from apple leaves froman abandoned orchard, St-Joseph-du-Lac, Quebec, Canada in 1993 (ATCC74412; Mycologia 94(2), 297-301, 2002), Muscodor albus QST 20799 alsocalled 620 originally isolated from the bark of a cinnamon tree inHonduras (NRRL 30547; e.g. Muscudor™ or QRD300 from AgraQuest, USA),Muscodoralbus SA-13 (NRRL B-50774; US 2014/0086879 A1; e.g. MBI-601-EPfrom Marrone Biolnnovations, Inc., USA), Neem oil (e.g. Trilogy®,Triact® 70 EC from Certis LLC, USA), Nomuraea rileyi strains SA86101,GU87401, SR86151, CG128 and VA9101 (Braz. Arch. Biol. Technol. 46(1),13-19, 2003; WO 2013/110594), Paecilomyces lilacinus 251 isolated frominfected nematode eggs in the Philippines (AGAL 89/030550; WO1991/02051;Crop Protection 27, 352-361, 2008; e.g. BioAct®/MeloCon® from Prophyta,Germany), P. lilacinus DSM 15169 (e.g. Nemata® SC from Live SystemsTechnology S.A., Colombia), P. lilacinus BCP2 (NRRL 50756; Actaagriculturae Slovenica, 101-2, 263-275, 2013; e.g. PL Gold from BASFAgricultural Specialities (Pty) Ltd., South Africa), Paenibacillus alveiNAS6G6 (WO 2014/029697; NRRL B-50755; e.g. BAC-UP from BASF AgriculturalSpecialities (Pty) Ltd., South Africa in mixture with Bacillus pumilusKFP9F), P. polymyxa PKB1 (ATCC 202127; Can. J. Microbiol. 48(2),159-169, 2002), Pantoea agglomerans E325 (NRRL B-21856; Phytopathol. 101(10), 1234-41, 2011; Trees 26, 227-238, 2012; Bloomtime Biological™ fromNorthwest Agricultural Products, Inc., USA), Pantoea vagans (formerlyagglomerans) C9-1 originally isolated in 1994 from apple stem tissue forcontrol of fire blight in apple (J. Bacteriol. 192(24), 6486-6487, 2010;e.g. BlightBan C9-1® from NuFrams America Inc., USA), Pasteuria sp. ATCCPTA-9643 (WO 2010/085795), Pasteuria sp. Ph3 isolated from turfgrasssoil samples collected at the DeBary Golf Course in central Florida(ATCC SD-5832; WO 2012/064527; for control of Hoplolaimus galeatusnematode from Pasteuria Bioscience, Inc. now Syngenta Crop Protection,LLC, USA), Pasteuria sp. Pr3 isolated from soil samples collected in thesouth-eastern United States (ATCC SD-5834; for control of Rotylenchulusreniformis nematode potentially of species P. ramosa; Naviva® ST fromSyngenta Crop Protection, LLC, USA), P. nishizawae (WO 2010/80619), P.nishizawae Pn1 (Federal Register 76(22), 5808, Feb. 2, 2011; ATCCSD-5833; e.g. Clariva™ PN from Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC, USA), P.penetrans (U.S. Pat. No. 5,248,500; Del Monte Corp.), P. ramosa (WO2010/080619), P. thornea (WO 2010/080619), P. usgae BL1 (ATCC SD-5835;J. Nematol. 42(2): 87-90, 2010; ibid. 43(2), 101-109, 2011; e.g. Econem™for control of Belonolaimus longicaudatus from Pasteuria BioScience nowSyngenta sold by Harell's LLC, Florida, USA for use on turf formanagement of Belonolaimus longicaudatus), Penicillium bilaiae (alsocalled P. bilaii) strains ATCC 18309 (=ATCC 74319), ATCC 20851 and/orATCC 22348 (=ATCC 74318) originally isolated from soil in southernAlberta (Fertilizer Res. 39, 97-103, 1994; Can. J. Plant Sci. 78(1),91-102, 1998; U.S. Pat. No. 5,026,417, WO 1995/017806; e.g. Jump Start®,Provide® from Novozymes Biologicals BioAg Group, Canada), P. bilaiaeNRRL 50162 and NRRL 50169 (WO 2010/037228), Phlebiopsis gigantea (e.g.RotStop® from Verdera Oy, Finland), Pichia anomala WRL-076 (NRRLY-30842; U.S. Pat. No. 8,206,972), potassium bicarbonate (e.g. Amicarb®from Stáhler SA, Switzerland), potassium silicate (e.g. Sil-MATRIX™ fromCertis LLC, USA), Pseudozyma flocculosa PF-A22 UL (e.g. Sporodex® L fromPlant Products Co. Ltd., Canada), Pseudomonas sp. Proradix (DSM 13134;WO 2001/40441, e.g. PRORADIX from Sourcon Padena GmbH & Co. KG,Hechinger Str. 262, 72072 Tubingen, Germany), P. chloraphis MA 342(Microbiology Monographs 18, 21-43, 2011; e.g. Cerall® or Cedemon® fromBioAgri AB, Uppsala, Sweden or Intrachem Bio Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG,Bad Camberg, Germany), P. fluorescens (e.g. in Bio Cure-B from T. Stanes& Company Limited, India; or in Blight-End from Agri Naturals, Mumbai,India), P. fluorescens A506 (Phytopathol 97(2), 244-249, 2007; ATCC31948; e.g. BlightBan® from NuFarm Americas, Inc., Morrisville, N.C.,USA), P. fluorescens ATCC 13525 of biovar I=biotype A; originallyisolated from pre-filter tanks in England (DSM 50090; registered for usein Canada), P. fluorescens CHA0 (Mol. Plant Microbe Interact. 5(1),4-13, 1992), P. fluorescens CL 145A (J. Invertebr. Pathol. 113(1),104-14, 2013; e.g. Zequanox® from Marrone Biolnnovations, Davis, Calif.,USA), P. fluorescens NCIB 12089 (EP 0210734 A!; Victus® from MauriLaboratories, 9 Moorebank Ave., Moorebank, NSW 2170, Australia), P.fluorescens Pf-5 isolated from root surface of cotton (ATCC BAA-477), P.putida ATCC 202153 (EMBRAPA 63/88 4 B; WO 2004/0245865), Pythiumoligandrum DV 74 (US 2013/0035230; ATCC 38472; e.g. Poyversum® fromRemeslo SSRO, Biopreparaty, Czech Rep. and from Gowan, USA), Reynoutriasachalinensis extract (EP 0307510 B1; e.g. Regalia® SC from MarroneBiolnnovations, Davis, Calif., USA or Milsana® from BioFa AG, Germany),Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. phaseoli (e.g. RHIZO-STICK from BASF Corp.,USA), R. leguminosarum bv. phaseoli RG-B10 (USDA 9041; from Int. J.Syst. Bacteriol. 46(1), 240-244, 1996; Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol.50, 159-170, 2000; e.g. Nodulator® Dry Bean in Africa, HiStick NT Drybean in US, and Nodulator® Dry Bean in Canada from BASF Corp., USA, orBASF Agricultural Specialties Ltd., Canada), R. I. bv. trifolii CB782(Nodulaid® peat for Kenya white clover from BASF AgriculturalSpecialties Pty Ltd, Australia), R. I. bv. trifolii CC275e (Nodulaid®peat for NZ white clover from BASF Agricultural Specialties Pty Ltd,Australia), R. I. bv. trifolii CC283b (ICMP 4073b; Proc. New ZealandGrassland Assoc. 56, 101-105, 1994; Microbiol. 153, 3184-3195, 2007;Nodulaid® peat for Caucasian clover from BASF Agricultural SpecialtiesPty Ltd, Australia), R. I. bv. trifoii CC1099 (Inoculating Legumes: APractical Guide, ed. Grain Research and Development Corporation, 2012,ISBN 978-1-921779-45-9; e.g. Nodulaid® peat for sainfoin from BASFAgricultural Specialties Pty Ltd, Australia), R. I. bv. trifolii RP113-7(Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 44(5), 1096-1101, 1982; e.g. Dormal® fromBASF Corp., USA), R. I. bv. trifolii TA1 (Appl. Environ. Microbiol.49(1), 127-131, 1985; e.g. Nodulaid® peat for white clover from BASFAgricultural Specialties Pty Ltd, Australia), R. I. bv. trifolii strainWSM1325 isolated in 1993 from the Greek Island of Serifos (Stand.Genomic Sci. 2(3), 347-356, 2010; Inoculating Legumes: A PracticalGuide, ed. Grain Research and Development Corporation, 2012, ISBN978-1-921779-45-9; Nodulaid® peat for sub clover and Nodulator® granulesfor sub clover both from BASF Agricultural Specialties Pty Ltd,Australia, for a broad range of annual clovers of Mediterranean origin),R. I. bv. trifolii strain WSM2304 isolated from Trifolium polymorphum inUruguay in 1998 (Stand. Genomic Sci. 2(1), 66-76, 2010), R. I. bv.viciae P1NP3Cst being a Streptomycin-resistant mutant of P1 NP3Cisolated from pea root nodules in Breteniére, France (also referred toas 1435; New Phytol. 176, 680-690, 2007; ibid. 179(1), 224-235, 2008;e.g. Nodulator® PL Peat Granule from BASF Corp., USA; or Nodulator® XLPL from BASF Agricultural Specialties Ltd., Canada), R. I. bv. viciaeRG-P2 also called P2 isolated from pea root nodules in Sakatchewan,Canada (e. g RhizUP peat for peas and lentils in Canada from BASFAgricultural Specialties Ltd., Canada), R. I. bv. viciae SU303 (e.g.Nodulaid® Group E from BASF Agricultural Specialties Pty Ltd,Australia), R. I. bv. viciae WSM1455 (e.g. Nodulaid® Group F from BASFAgricultural Specialties Pty Ltd, Australia), R. tropici CC511(Agronomy, N.Z. 36, 4-35, 2006; e.g. Nodulaid® peat for common bean fromBASF Agricultural Specialties Pty Ltd, Australia) R. tropici CIAT 899isolated in Colombia (SEMIA 4077; Rev. Ciênc. Agron. 44(4) FortalezaOctober/December 2013; e.g. Nitrafix® FEIJÃO peat for beans from BASFAgricultural Specialties Ltd., Brazil in mixture with strain SEMIA4080), R. tropici H12 isolated in Planaltina, D F, Cerrados, Brazil(SEMIA 4088; Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 93(5), 2035-49, 2012; e.g.Nitrafix® FEIJÃO from BASF Agricultural Specialties Ltd., Brazil), R.tropici PRF 81 isolated in Paraná, Brazil (SEMIA 4080; Soil Biology &Biochemistry 39, 867-876, 2007; BMC Microbiol. 12, 84, 2012; Nitrafix®FEIJÃO peat for beans from BASF Agricultural Specialties Ltd., Brazil inmixture with strain SEMIA 4077), Sinorhizobium meliloti RCR2011 alsocalled 2011 or SU47 (MSDJ0848; Mol. Gen. Genomics 272, 1-17, 2004; e.g.Dormal® Alfalfa & Luzerne from BASF Corp., USA; Nitragin® Gold fromNovozymes Biologicals BioAg Group, Canada), Sphaerodes mycoparasiticaSMCD2220 also called SMCD2220-01 (IDAC 301008-01; WO 2011/022809),Spodoptera littoralis nucleopolyhedrovirus (SpliNPV) (e.g. in LITTOVIRfrom Adermatt Biocontrol, Switzerland), Steinernema carpocapsae (e.g.Millenium® from BASF Agricultural Specialities Limited, UK), S. feltiae(Nemashield® from BioWorks, Inc., USA; Nemasys® from BASF AgriculturalSpecialities Limited, UK), S. kraussei L137 (Nemasys® L from BASFAgricultural Specialities Limited, UK), Streptomyces galbus AQ6047 (NRRL30232; WO 2012/135763; AgraQuest now Bayer CropScience LP, USA); S.galbus M1064 (NRRL 50334; WO 2012/135763; AgraQuest now BayerCropScience LP, USA); S. griseoviridis K61 (Crop Protection 25, 468-475,2006; e.g. Mycostop® from Verdera Oy, Espoo, Finland), S. lydicus WYEC108 (U.S. Pat. No. 5,403,584; e.g. Actinovate® from Natural Industries,Inc., USA), S. violaceusniger YCED-9 (U.S. Pat. No. 5,968,503; e.g.DT-9® from Natural Industries, Inc., USA), Talaromyces flavus V117bisolated from soil (e.g. Protus® WG from Prophyta, Germany), Trichodermaasperellum SKT-1 isolated from the rhizosphere of Japanese lawngrass(FERM P-16510; J. Gen. Plant Pathol. 71(5), 351-356, 2005; e.g.Eco-Hope® from Kumiai Chemical Industry Co., Ltd., Japan), T. asperellumICC 012 isolated from a soil in central Italy that was found to suppressplant disease (IMI 392716; e.g. Tenet W P, Remdier W P or Bioten W Pfrom Isagro N.C., USA, Bio-Tam™ from AgraQuest, USA), T. asperellum TV1formerly T. viride (MUCL 43093; e.g. T. viride TV1 from Agribiotec srl,Italy or Xedavir from Xeda Italia, Italy), T. atroviride LC52 (e.g.Sentinel® from Agrimm Technologies Ltd, NZ), T. atroviride CNCM I-1237(e.g. Esquive® WG from Agrauxine S.A., France, e.g. against pruningwound diseases on vine and plant root pathogens), T. fertile JM41R (NRRL50759; e.g. Trichoplus™ from BASF Agricultural Specialities (Pty) Ltd.,South Africa), T. gamsii ICC 080 (IMI 392151; e.g. Tenet W P, Remdier WP, Bioten W P from Isagro N.C., USA, Bio-Tam™ from AgraQuest, USA), T.harzianum T-22 also called KRL-AG2 (ATCC 20847; BioControl 57, 687-696,2012; e.g. Plantshield® from BioWorks Inc., USA or SabrEx™ from AdvancedBiological Marketing Inc., Van Wert, Ohio, USA), T. harzianum T-35 andT-315 (ATCC 20691; EP 0133878 B1; e.g. Root Pro® from Mycontrol Ltd.,Israel), T. harzianum T-39 (CNCM I-952; EP 0466133 B2; e.g. Trichodex®or Trichoderma 2000® from Mycontrol Ltd., Israel and Makhteshim Ltd.,Israel), mixture of T. harzianum and T. viride (e.g. Trichopel® fromAgrimm Technologies Ltd, NZ), mixture of T. harzianum ICC012 and T.viride ICC080 (e.g. Remdier® WP from Isagro Ricerca, Italy), T.polysporum IMI 206039 (ATCC 20476; e.g. Binab® from BINAB Bio-lnnovationAB, Sweden in mixture with T. atroviride IMI 206040), T. stromaticum(e.g. Tricovab® from C.E.P.L.A.C., Brazil), T. virens GI-3 also calledGL-3 or GL-3 (CA 2471555 A1; ATCC 58678; e.g. QuickRoots™ from TJTechnologies, Watertown, S. Dak., USA in mixture with B.amylolique-faciens TJ1000), T. virens GL-21 also called GL-21 isolatedfrom a sclerotium of Sclerotinia minor (U.S. Pat. No. 7,429,477; e.g.Soilguard® 12G from Certis LLC, USA; EPA Registration Number: 70051-3and EPA Establishment Number: 067250-IL-001), T. virens G-41 also called041, #41× or ABM 127 isolated from soil samples taken fromAphanomyces-suppressive bean fields in Livingston County, New York (ATCC20906; U.S. Pat. No. 4,996,157; e.g. Rootshield® PLUS from BioWorks,Inc., USA), T. viride (J. Biological Control 23(1), 31-36, 2009; e.g.Trieco® from Ecosense Labs. (India) Pvt. Ltd., India; or Bio-Cure® Ffrom T. Stanes & Co. Ltd., India), and Ulocladium oudemansii HRU3(Agronomy 3, 632-647, 2013; e.g. Botry-Zen® from Botry-Zen Ltd, NZ).

Strains can be obtained from culture collections and deposition centers(listed by their acronym=strain prefix here:http://www.wfcc.info/ccinfo/collection/by_acronym/) such as strains withprefices AGAL or NMI from: National Measurement Institute, 1/153 BertieStreet, Port Mel-bourne, Victoria, Australia 3207; ATCC: American TypeCulture Collection, 10801 University Blvd., Manassas, Va. 20110-2209,USA; BR: Embrapa Agrobiology Diazothrophic Microbial Culture Collection,P.O.Box 74.505, Seropedica, Rio de Janeiro, 23.851-970, Brazil; CABI orIMI: CABI Europe—International Mycological Institute, Bakeham Lane,Egham, Surrey, TW20 9TYNRRL, UK; CB: The CB Rhizobium Collection, Schoolof Environment and Agriculture, University of Western Sydney,Hawkesbury, Locked Bag 1797, South Penrith Distribution Centre, NSW1797, Australia; CBS: Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures, FungalBiodiversity Centre, Uppsalaan 8, PO Box 85167, 3508 AD Utrecht,Netherlands; CC: Division of Plant Industry, CSIRO, Canberra, Australia;CNCM: Collection Nationale de Cultures de Microorganismes, InstitutePasteur, 25 rue du Docteur Roux, F-75724 PARIS Cedex 15; CPAC:Embrapa-Cerrados, CX.Postal 08223, Planaltina, DF, 73301-970, Brazil;DSM: Leibniz-lnstitut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen undZellkulturen GmbH, Inhoffenstraβe 7 B, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany;IDAC: International Depositary Authority of Canada Collection, Canada;ICMP: Interntional Collection of Micro-organisms from Plants, LandcareResearch, Private Bag 92170, Auckland Mail Centre, Auckland 1142, NewZealand; IITA: IITA, PMB 5320, Ibadan, Nigeria; INTA: AgricultureCollection Laboratory of the Instituto de Microbiologia y ZoologiaAgricola (IMYZA), Instituto Nacional de Tecnologl'a Agropecuaria (INTA),Castelar, Argentina; MSDJ: Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Sols, INRA,Dijon, France; MUCL: Mycothèque de I'Université catholique de Louvain,Croix du Sud 2, box L7.05.06, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium; NCIMB orNICB: The National Collections of Industrial and Marine Bacteria Ltd.,Torry Research Station, P.O. Box 31, 135 Abbey Road, Aberdeen, AB9 8DG,Scotland; Nitragin: Nitragin strain collection, The Nitragin Company,Milwaukee, Wis., USA, NRRL or ARSEF (collection of entomopathogenicfungi): ARS Culture Collection of the National Center for AgriculturalUtilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department ofAgriculture, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, Ill. 61604, USA; NZP:Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Culture Collection,Applied Biochemistry Division, Palmerston North, New Zealand; PPRI:ARC-Plant Protection Research Institute, Private Bag X134, QueenswoodPretoria, Gauteng, 0121, South Africa; SEMIA: FEPAGRO-Fundação Estadualde Pesquisa Agropecuaria, Rua Gonçalves Dias, 570, Bairro Menino Deus,Porto Alegre/RS, Brazil; SRDI: SARDI, Adelaide, South Australia; USDA:U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Soybeanand Alfalfa Research Laboratory, BARC-West, 10300 Baltimore Boulevard,Building 011, Beltsville, Md. 20705, USA (Beltsville Rhiz. Cult.Catalog: http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PNAAW891.pdf); and WSM: MurdochUniversity, Perth, Western Australia. Further strains may be found at:http://gcm.wfcc.info/;http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/resources/collections/icmp.

Jasmonic acid, its salts (jasmonates) or derivatives include withoutlimitation potassium, sodium, lithium, ammonium, dimethylammonium,isopropylammonium, diolammonium and diethtriethanolammonium jasmonate;and also jasmonic acid methyl ester, jasmonic acid amide, jasmonic acidmethylamide, jasmonic acid-L-amino acid (amide-linked) conjugates (e.g.conjugates with L-isoleucine, L-valine, L-leucine, or L-phenylalanine),12-oxo-phytodienoic acid, coronatine, coronalon, coronafacoyl-L-serine,coronafacoyl-L-threonine, methyl esters of 1-oxo-indanoyl-isoleucine,methyl esters of 1-oxo-indanoyl-leucine, cis-jasmone, linoleic acid orderivatives thereof, and combinations of any of the above.

Humates are humic and fulvic acids extracted from a form of lignite coaland clay, known as leonardite. Humic acids are organic acids that occurin humus and other organically derived materials such as peat andcertain soft coal. They have been shown to increase fertilizerefficiency in phosphate and micro-nutrient uptake by plants as well asaiding in the development of plant root systems.

According to one embodiment of the inventive mixtures, the at least onepesticide II is selected from the groups L1) to L6):

-   L1) Microbial pesticides with fungicidal, bactericidal, viricidal    and/or plant defense activator activity: Ampelomyces quisqualis M-10    (L.1.1), Aspergillus flavus NRRL 21882 (L1.2), Aureobasidium    pullulans DSM 14940 (L1.3), A. pullulans DSM 14941 (L.1.4), Bacillus    altitudinis 41KF2b (L.1.5), Bacillus amyloliquefaciens AP-136    (L.1.6), B. amyloliquefaciens AP-188 (L.1.7), B. amyloliquefaciens    AP-218 (L.1.8), B. amyloliquefaciens AP-219 (L.1.9), B.    amyloliquefaciens AP-295 (L.1.10), B. amyloliquefaciens IN937a    (L.1.11), B. amyloliquefaciens IT-45 (L.1.12), B. amyloliquefaciens    ssp. plantarum D747 (L.1.13), B. amyloliquefaciens ssp. plantarum    FZB24 (L.1.14), B. amyloliquefaciens ssp. plantarum FZB42    (L.1.15), B. amyloliquefaciens ssp. plantarum GB03 (L.1.16), B.    amyloliquefaciens ssp. plantarum MBI600 (NRRL B-50595) (L.1.17), B.    amyloliquefaciens ssp. plantarum QST-713 (L.1.18), B.    amyloliquefaciens ssp. plantarum TJ 1000 (L.1.19), B. mojavensis    AP-209 (L.1.20), B. mycoides AQ726 (L.1.21), B. mycoides strain J    (L.1.22), B. pumilus INR-7 (L.1.23), B. pumilus KFP9F (L.1.24), B.    pumilus QST 2808 (L.1.25), B. pumilus GHA 180 (L.1.26), B. simplex    ABU 288 (L.1.27), B. solisalsi AP-217 (L.1.28), B. subtilis CX-9060    (L.1.29), B. subtilis FB17 (L.1.30), B. subtilis GB07 (L.1.31),    Candida oleophila I-82 (L.1.32), C. oleophia O (L.1.33), C. saitoana    (L.1.34), Clavibacter michiganensis (bacteriophages) (L.1.35),    Coniothyrium minitans CON/M/91-08 (L.1.36), Cryphonectria parasitica    (L.1.37), Cryptococcus albidus (L.1.38), Dilophosphora alopecuri    (L.1.39), Fusarium oxysporum (L.1.40), Clonostachys rosea f.    catenulata J 1446 (L.1.41), Gliocadium roseum 321U (L.1.42),    Metschnikowia fructicola NRRL Y-30752 (L.1.43), Microdochium dimerum    (L.1.44), Microsphaeropsis ochracea P130A (L.1.45), Muscodor albus    QST 20799 (L.1.46), Muscodor albus SA-13 (L.1.47), Paenibacillus    alvei NAS6G6 (L.1.48), Paenibacillus polymyxa PKB1 (L.1.49), Pantoea    agglomerans E325 (L.1.90), Pantoea vagans C9-1 (L.1.50),    Penicilllium bilaiae ATCC 22348 (L.1.51), P. bilaiae ATCC 20851    (L.1.52), Penicillium bilaiae ATCC 18309 (L.1.53), Phlebiopsis    gigantea (L.1.54), Pichia anomala WRL-76 (L.1.55), Pseudomonas sp.    Proradix (L.1.56), Pseudomonas chloraphis MA 342 (L.1.57), P.    fluorescens A506 (L.1.58), P. fluorescens CL 145A (L.1.91), P.    fluorescens NCIB 12089 (L.1.92), P. fluorescens Pf-5 (L.1.93), P.    fluorescens WCS 374 (L.1.94), P. fluorescens ATCC 13525 (L.1.95), P.    fluorescens CHA0 (L.1.96), P. putida ATCC 202153 (L.1.97),    Pseudozyma flocculosa PF-A22 UL (L.1.59), Pythium oligandrum DV 74    (L.1.60), Sphaerodes mycoparasitica SMCD2220 (L.1.61), Streptomyces    griseoviridis K61 (L.1.62), S. lydicus WYEC 108 (L.1.63), S.    violaceusniger XL-2 (L.1.64), S. violaceusniger YCED-9 (L.1.65),    Talaromyces flavus V117b (L.1.66), Trichoderma asperellum T34    (L.1.67), T. asperellum SKT-1 (L.1.68), T. asperellum ICC 012    (L.1.69), T. atroviride LC52 (L.1.70), T. atroviride CNCM I-1237    (L.1.71), T. fertile JM41R (L.1.72), T. gamsii ICC 080 (L.1.73), T.    harmatum TH 382 (L.1.74), T. harzianum T-35 (L.1.75), T. harzianum    T-22 (L.1.76), T. harzianum T-39 (L.1.77); mixture of T. harzianum    ICC012 and T. viride ICC080 (L.1.78); T. polysporum (L.1.79); T.    stromaticum (L.1.80), T. virens GI-3 (L.1.81), T. virens G-41    (L.1.82), T. virens GL-21 (L.1.83), T. virens G-41 (L.1.84), T.    viride TV1 (L.1.85), Typhula phacorrhiza 94671 (L.1.86), Ulocladium    oudemansii HRU3 (L.1.87), Verticillium dahlia (L.1.88), zucchini    yellow mosaic virus (avirulent strain) (L.1.89);-   L2) Biochemical pesticides with fungicidal, bactericidal, viricidal    and/or plant defense activator activity: chitosan (hydrolysate)    (L.2.1), harpin protein (L.2.2), laminarin (L.2.3), Menhaden fish    oil (L.2.4), natamycin (L.2.5), Plum pox virus coat protein (L.2.6),    potassium bicarbonate (L.2.7), Reynoutria sachalinensis extract    (L.2.8), salicylic acid (L.2.9), potassium or sodium bicarbonate    (L.2.10), tea tree oil (L.2.11);-   L3) Microbial pesticides with insecticidal, acaricidal, molluscidal    and/or nematicidal activity: Agrobacterium radiobacter K1026    (L.3.1), A. radiobacter K84 (L.3.2), Bacillus firmus I-1582    (L.3.3); B. thuringiensis ssp. aizawai strains: ABTS-1857 (L.3.4),    SAN 401 I (L.3.5), ABG-6305 (L.3.6) and ABG-6346 (L.3.7); B. t. ssp.    israelensis AM65-52 (L.3.8), B. t. ssp. israelensis SUM-6218    (L.3.9), B. t. ssp. galleriae SDS-502 (L.3.10), B. t. ssp. kurstaki    EG 2348 (L.3.11), B. t. ssp. kurstaki SB4 (L.3.12), B. t. ssp.    kurstaki ABTS-351 (HD-1) (L.3.13), Beauveria bassiana ATCC 74040    (L.3.14), B. bassiana GHA (L.3.15), B. bassiana H123 (L.3.16), B.    bassiana DSM 12256 (L.3.17), B. bassiana PPRI 5339 (L.3.18), B.    brongniartii (L.3.19), Burkholderia sp. A396 (L.3.20),    Chromobacterium subtsugae PRAA4-1 (L.3.21), Cydia pomonella    granulosis virus V22 (L.3.22), Cydia pomonella granulosis virus V1    (L.3.23), Cryptophlebia leucotreta granulovirus (CrleGV) (L.3.57),    Flavobacterium sp. H492 (L.3.60), Helicoverpa armigera    nucleopolyhedrovirus (HearNPV) (L.3.58), Isaria fumosorosea    Apopka-97 (L.3.24), Lecanicillium longisporum KV42 (L.3.25), L.    longisporum KV71 (L.3.26), L. muscarium KV01 (L.3.27), Metarhizium    anisopliae FI-985 (L.3.28), M. anisopliae FI-1045 (L.3.29), M.    anisopliae F52 (L.3.30), M. anisopliae ICIPE 69 (L.3.31), M.    anisopliae var. acridum IMI 330189 (L.3.32); Nomuraea rileyi    strains: SA86101 (L.3.33), GU87401 (L.3.34), SR86151 (L.3.35), CG128    (L.3.36) and VA9101 (L.3.37); Paecilomyces fumosoroseus FE 9901    (L.3.38), P. lilacinus 251 (L.3.39), P. lilacinus DSM 15169    (L.3.40), P. lilacinus BCP2 (L.3.41), Paenibacillus popilliae    Dutky-1940 (NRRL B-2309=ATCC 14706) (L.3.42), P. popilliae Dutky 1    (L.3.43), P. popilliae KLN 3 (L.3.56), Pasteuria sp. Ph3 (L.3.44),    Pasteuria sp. ATCC PTA-9643 (L.3.45), Pasteuria sp. ATCC SD-5832    (L.3.46), P. nishizawae Pn1 (L.3.46), P. penetrans (L.3.47), P.    ramosa (L.3.48), P. sp. Pr-3 (L.3.49), P. thornea (L.3.50), P. usgae    (L.3.51), Pseudomonas fluorescens CL 145A (L.3.52), Spodoptera    littoralis nucleopolyhedrovirus (SpliNPV) (L.3.59), Steinernema    carpocapsae (L.3.53), S. feltiae (L.3.54), S. kraussei L137    (L.3.55);-   L4) Biochemical pesticides with insecticidal, acaricidal,    molluscidal, pheromone and/or nematicidal activity: L-carvone    (L.4.1), citral (L.4.2), (E,Z)-7,9-dodecadien-1-yl acetate (L.4.3),    ethyl formate (L.4.4), (E,Z)-2,4-ethyl decadienoate (pear ester)    (L.4.5), (Z,Z,E)-7,11,13-hexadecatrienal (L.4.6), heptyl butyrate    (L.4.7), isopropyl myristate (L.4.8), cis-jasmone (L.4.9), lavanulyl    senecioate (L.4.10), 2-methyl 1-butanol (L.4.11), methyl eugenol    (L.4.12), methyl jasmonate (L.4.13), (E,Z)-2,13-octadecadien-1-ol    (L.4.14), (E,Z)-2,13-octadecadien-1-ol acetate (L.4.15),    (E,Z)-3,13-octadecadien-1-ol (L.4.16), R-1-octen-3-ol (L.4.17),    pentatermanone (L.4.18), potassium silicate (L.4.19), sorbitol    actanoate (L.4.20), (E,Z,Z)-3,8,11-tetradecatrienyl acetate    (L.4.21), (Z,E)-9,12-tetradecadien-1-yl acetate (L.4.22),    Z-7-tetradecen-2-one (L.4.23), Z-9-tetradecen-1-yl acetate (L.4.24),    Z-11-tetradecenal (L.4.25), Z-11-tetradecen-1-ol (L.4.26), Acacia    negra extract (L.4.27), extract of grapefruit seeds and pulp    (L.4.28), extract of Chenopodium ambrosiodes (L.4.29), Catnip oil    (L.4.30), Neem oil (L.4.31), Quillay extract (L.4.32), Tagetes oil    (L.4.33);-   L5) Microbial pesticides with plant stress reducing, plant growth    regulator, plant growth promoting and/or yield enhancing activity:    Azospirillum amazonense BR 11140 (SpY2) (L.5.1), A. brasilense Ab-V5    (L.5.74), A. brasilense Ab-V6 (L.5.75), A. brasilense AZ39    (L.5.2), A. brasilense XOH (L.5.3), A. brasilense Sp245 (BR 11005)    (L.5.4), A. brasilense BR 11002 (L.5.5), A. lipoferum BR 11646    (Sp31) (L.5.6), A. irakense (L.5.7), A. halopraeferens (L.5.8),    Bradyrhizobium sp. PNL01 (L.5.9), B. sp. (Arachis) CB1015    (L.5.10), B. sp. (Arachis) USDA 3446 (L.5.11), B. sp. (Arachis)    SEMIA 6144 (L.5.12), B. sp. (Arachis) SEMIA 6462 (L.5.13), B. sp.    (Arachis) SEMIA 6464 (L.5.14), B. sp. (Vigna) (L.5.15), B. elkanii    SEMIA 587 (L.5.16), B. elkanii SEMIA 5019 (L.5.17), B. elkanii    U-1301 (L.5.18), B. elkanii U-1302 (L.5.19), B. elkanii USDA 74    (L.5.20), B. elkanii USDA 76 (L.5.21), B. elkanii USDA 94    (L.5.22), B. elkanii USDA 3254 (L.5.23), B. japonicum 532c    (L.5.24), B. japonicum CPAC 15 (L.5.25), B. japonicum E-109    (L.5.26), B. japonicum G49 (L.5.27), B. japonicum TA-11 (L.5.28), B.    japonicum USDA 3 (L.5.29), B. japonicum USDA 31 (L.5.30), B.    japonicum USDA 76 (L.5.31), B. japonicum USDA 110 (L.5.32), B.    japonicum USDA 121 (L.5.33), B. japonicum USDA 123 (L.5.34), B.    japonicum USDA 136 (L.5.35), B. japonicum SEMIA 566 (L.5.36), B.    japonicum SEMIA 5079 (L.5.37), B. japonicum SEMIA 5080 (L.5.38), B.    japonicum WB74 (L.5.39), B. liaoningense (L.5.40), B. lupini LL13    (L.5.41), B. lupini WU425 (L.5.42), B. lupini WSM471 (L.5.43), B.    lupini WSM4024 (L.5.44), Glomus intraradices RTI-801 (L.5.45),    Mesorhizobium sp. WSM1271 (L.5.46), M. sp. WSM1497 (L.5.47), M.    ciceri CC1192 (L.5.48), M. huakii (L.5.49), M. loti CC829    (L.5.50), M. loti SU343 (L.5.51), Rhizobium leguminosarum bv.    phaseoli RG-B10 (L.5.52), R. I. bv. trifolii RP113-7 (L.5.53), R. I.    bv. trifolii 095 (L.5.57), R. I. bv. trifolii TA1 (L.5.58), R. I.    bv. trifolii CC283b (L.5.59), R. I. bv. trifolii CC275e    (L.5.60), R. I. bv. trifolii CB782 (L.5.61), R. I. bv. trifolii    CC1099 (L.5.62), R. I. bv. trifolii WSM1325 (L.5.63), R. I. bv.    viciae SU303 (L.5.64), R. I. bv. viciae WSM1455 (L.5.65), R. I. bv.    viciae P1NP3Cst (L.5.66), R. I. bv. viciae RG-P2 (L.5.67), R.    tropici PRF 81 (L.5.68), R. tropici SEMIA 4077 (L.5.69), R. tropici    CC511 (L.5.70), Sinorhizobium meliloti RCR2011 (L.5.71), S. meliloti    NRG185 (L.5.72), S. melioti RRI128 (L.5.73);-   L6) Biochemical pesticides with plant stress reducing, plant growth    regulator and/or plant yield enhancing activity: abscisic acid    (L.6.1), aluminium silicate (kaolin) (L.6.2), 3-decen-2-one (L.6.3),    formononectin (L.6.4), genistein (L.6.5), hesperetin (L.6.6),    homobrassinolide (L.6.7), humates (L.6.8), methyl jasmonate (L.6.9),    cis-jasmone (L.6.10), lysophosphatidyl ethanlamine (L.6.11),    naringenin (L.6.12), polymeric polyhydroxy acid (L.6.13), salicylic    acid (L.6.14), Ascophyllum nodosum (Norwegian kelp, Brown kelp)    extract (L.6.15) and Ecklonia maxima (kelp) extract (L.6.16).

The present invention furthermore relates to agrochemical compositionscomprising a mixture of compound I (component 1) and at least onebiopesticide selected from the group L) (component 2), in particular atleast one further fungicidal biopesticide selected from the groups L1)and L2), as described above, and if desired at least one suitableauxiliary.

Preference is also given to mixtures comprising as pesticide II(component 2) a biopesticide from group L1), preferably selected fromBacillus amyloliquefaciens herein even more preferably from strainsAP-136, AP-188, AP-218, AP-219, AP-295, IN937a, IT-45; B.amyloliquefaciens ssp. plantarum (formerly called B. subtilis or B.subtilis spp. amyloliquefaciens) herein even more preferably fromstrains MBI600, D747, FZB254, FZB42, GB03, QST-713 and TJ1000; B.mojavensis AP-209; B. pumilus herein even more preferably from strainsGHA 180, INR-7, KFP9F and QST 2808; B. simplex herein more preferablystrain ABU 288; B. solisalsi herein more preferably strain AP-217; B.subtilis herein even more preferably selected from strains CX-9060, FB17and GB07; Muscodor albus herein more preferably strains QST 20799 andSA-13; Paenibacillus alvei herein more preferably strain NAS6G6,Paenibacillus polymyxa herein more preferably strain PKB1, Penicilliumbilaiae herein more preferably strains ATCC 22348, ATCC 20581 and ATCC18309; Pseudomonas fluorescens herein more preferably strain A506;Sphaerodes mycoparasitica herein more preferably strain SMCD2220;Trichoderma fertile herein more preferably strain JM41R; Trichodermaharzianum herein more preferably strain T-22; Trichoderma virens hereinmore preferably strais GI-3 and G-41.

Preference is also given to mixtures comprising as pesticide II(component 2) a biopesticide from group L1), even more preferablyselected from even more preferably from B. amyloliquefaciens AP-188, B.amyloliquefaciens ssp. plantarum M BI600, B. amyloliquefaciens ssp.plantarum QST-713, B. pumilus INR-7, B. pumilus QST 2808, B. simplex ABU288, B. subtilis FB17, Paenibacillus alvei NAS6G6 and Trichodermafertile JM41R.

According to one embodiment of the inventive mixtures, the at least onepesticide II is Bacillus amyloliquefaciens ssp. plantarum MBI600. Thesemixtures are particularly suitable in soybean.

According to another embodiment of the inventive mixtures, the at leastone pesticide II is B. pumilus INR-7. These mixtures are particularlysuitable in soybean and corn.

According to a further embodiment, the at least one pesticide II isBacillus simplex, preferably B. simplex ABU 288. These mixtures areparticularly suitable in soybean and corn.

According to a further embodiment, the at least one pesticide II isBacillus subtilis, preferably B. subtilis strain FB17.

According to one embodiment of the inventive mixtures, the at least onepesticide II is selected from Bacillus amyloliquefaciens AP-136, B.amyloliquefaciens AP-188, B. amyloliquefaciens AP-218, B.amyloliquefaciens AP-219, B. amyloliquefaciens AP-295, B.amyloliquefaciens spp. plantarum FZB24, B. amyloliquefaciens ssp.plantarum FZB42, B. amyloliquefaciens ssp. plantarum TJ1000, B.amyloliquefaciens ssp. plantarum D747, B. amyloliquefaciens ssp.plantarum M BI600, B. amyloliquefaciens spp. plantarum GB03, B.amyloliquefaciens spp. plantarum QST-713, B. mojavensis AP-209, B.pumilus GB34, B. pumilus INR-7, B. pumilus KFP9F, B. pumilus QST 2808,B. pumilus GHA 180, B. simplex ABU 288, B. solisalsi AP-217, B. subtilisCX-9060, B. subtilis FB17 and B. subtilis GB07. These mixtures areparticularly suitable in soybean and corn, in particular for seedtreatment.

According to a further embodiment, the at least one pesticide II isselected from Streptomyces spp., preferably from S. griseoviridis, S.lydicus and S. violaceusniger, in particular from strains S.griseoviridis K61, S. lydicus WYEC 108, S. violaceusniger XL-2 and S.violaceusniger YCED-9.

According to one embodiment of the inventive mixtures, the at least onepesticide II is selected from the following fungi Coniothyrium minitansCON/M/91-08, Trichoderma fertile JM41R, T. harzianum T-22, T. virensGI-3, T. virens GL-21, T. virens G-41. These mixtures are particularlysuitable for seed and/or soil treatment.

The present invention also relates to mixtures wherein the at least onepesticide II is selected from the following yeasts and fungi:Ampelomyces quisqualis, in particular strain M-10; Aureobasidiumpullulans, in particular blastospores of strain DSM14940 or blastosporesof strain DSM 14941 or mixtures thereof; Candida oleophila, inparticular strains I-182 and O; Coniothyrium minitans, in particularstrain CON/M/91-8; Dilophosphora alopecuri which reduces annual ryegrasstoxicity (ARGT), a disease of livestock resulting from the ingestion ofannual ryegrass seed-heads that have been infected by the toxinproducing bacterium Rathayibacter toxicus, Clonostachys rosea f.catenulata, in particular strain J1446; Metschnikovia fructicola, inparticular strain 277, Microsphaeropsis ochracea, in particular strainP130A for control of apple scab; Muscodor albus, in particular strainQST 20799, Pichia anomala, in particular strain WRL-076, Pseudozymaflocculosa, in particular strain PF-A22 UL; Pythium oligandrum, inparticular strain DV74.

According to a further embodiment, the at least one pesticide II isselected from Pseudomonas spp., preferably selected from P. chloraphisherein more preferably strain MA 342 and Pseudomonas sp. DSM 13134; P.fluorescens herein more preferably selected from strains A506, WCS 374and Pf-5; and P. putida herein more preferably strain ATCC 202153.

The present invention also relates to mixtures wherein the at least onepesticide II is selected from the fungal genus Trichoderma, preferablyfrom the strains T. asperellum T34, T. asperellum SKT-1, T. asperellumICC 012, T. asperellum TV1, T. atroviride LC52, T. atroviride CNCMI-1237, T. fertile JM41R, T. gamsii ICC 080, T. harmatum TH 382, T.harzianum T-22, T. harzianum T-35, T. harzianum T-39, T. harzianumT-315; mixture of T. harzianum ICC012 and T. gamsii ICC080; mixture ofT. polysporum and T. harzianum; T. stromaticum, T. virens GI-3, T.virens GL-21, T. virens G-41 and; in particular T. fertile JM41R.

The present invention also relates to mixtures wherein the at least onepesticide II is selected from the fungal species Muscodor albuspreferably from the strains SA-13 and QST 20799, which are particularlysuiable for soil and seed treatment against soil-borne pathogens and/ornematodes.

Preference is also given to mixtures comprising as pesticide II(component 2) a biopesticide from group L2), preferably selected fromchitosan (hydrolysate), methyl-jasmonate, cis-jasmone, laminarin,Reynoutria sachalinensis extract and tea tree oil; even more preferablefrom methyl jasmonate, cis-jasmone and laminarin.

Preference is also given to mixtures comprising as pesticide II(component 2) a biopesticide from group L3), preferably selected fromAgrobacterium radiobacter herein preferably strain K1026, Bacillusfirmus herein preferably strain I-1582, Bacillus thuringiensis ssp.kurstaki herein preferably strain SB4, Beauveria bassiana hereinpreferably selected from strains GHA, H123, DSM 12256 and PPRI 5339;Burkholderia sp. and herein preferably strain A396, Metarhiziumanisopliae var. acridum herein preferably strain IMI 330189, M.anisopliae herein preferably selected from strains FI-985, FI-1045, F52and ICIPE 69; Paecilomyces lilacinus herein preferably selected fromstrains 251, DSM 15169 and BCP2, Paenibacillus popilliae hereinpreferably selected from strains Dutky-1940, KLN 3 and Dutky 1;Pasteuria nishazawa and herein preferably strain Pn1.

Preference is also given to mixtures comprising as pesticide II(component 2) a biopesticide from group L3), even more preferably fromBacillus thuringiensis ssp. kurstaki SB4, B. bassiana DSM 12256, B.bassiana PPRI 5339, Metarhizium anisopliae var. acridum IMI 330189, M.anisopliae FI-985, M. anisopliae FI-1045, Paecilomyces lilacinus DSM15169, P. lilacinus BCP2, P. lilacinus 251, Paenibacillus popilliaeDutky-1940, P. popilliae KLN 3 and P. popilliae Dutky 1.

According to a further embodiment, the at least one pesticide II isBeauveria brongniartii.

According to a further embodiment, the at least one pesticide II isMetarhizium anisopliae or M. anisopliae var. acridium, preferablyselected from M. anisopliae FI-1045, M. anisopliae F52, M. anisopliaevar. acridum strains FI-985 and IMI 330189; in particular strain IMI330189. These mixtures are particularly suitable for control ofarthropod pests in soybean and corn.

According to a further embodiment, the at least one pesticide II isLecanicillium sp., preferably selected from Lecanicillium longisporumKV42, L. longisporum KV71 and L. muscarium KV01.

According to a further embodiment, the at least one pesticide II isPaecilomyces fumosoroseus, preferably strain FE 9901 especially forwhite fly control.

According to a further embodiment, the at least one pesticide II isselected from Nomuraea rileyi, preferably strains SA86101, GU87401,SR86151, CG128 and VA9101; and P. lilacinus, preferably strains 251, DSM15169 or BCP2, in particular BCP2, which strains especially control thegrowth of plant-pathogenic nematodes.

According to a further embodiment, the at least one pesticide II isBacillus firmus, preferably spores of strain CNCM I-1582, preferablyuseful for seed treatment of soybean and corn against nematodes andinsects.

According to a further embodiment, the at least one pesticide II isBacillus cereus, preferably spores of CNCM I-1562, preferably useful forseed treatment of soybean and corn against nematodes and insects.

According to a further embodiment, the at least one pesticide II is amixture of spores of B. firmus and B. cereus, preferably mixtures sporesof above mentioned strains CNCM I-1582 and CNCM I-1562, preferablyuseful for seed treatment of soybean and corn against nematodes andinsects.

According to a further embodiment, the at least one pesticide II isselected from Bacillus t. ssp. kurstaki preferably from strains EG 2348,SB4 and ABTS-351 (HD-1), in particular B. t. ssp. kurstaki SB4. Thesestrains are used for control of lepidopteran larvae, but withoutnoctuidae.

According to one embodiment of the inventive mixtures, the at least onepesticide II is selected from Bacillus firmus CNCM I-1582, Paecilomyceslilcinus 251, Pasteuria nishizawa Pn1 and Burkholderia sp. A396 havingnematicidal, acaricidal and/or insecticidal activity. These mixtures areparticularly suitable in soybean and corn, in particular for seedtreatment.

Preference is also given to mixtures comprising as pesticide II(component 2) a biopesticide from group L4), preferably selected frommethyl jasmonate, Acacia negra extract, extract of grapefruit seeds andpulp, Catnip oil, Neem oil, Quillay extract and Tagetes oil, inparticular methyl jasmonate or water-based Quillay extract.

Preference is also given to mixtures comprising as pesticide II(component 2) a biopesticide from group L5), preferably selected fromAzospirillum amazonense, A. brasilense, A. lipoferum, A. irakense, A.halopraeferens, Bradyrhizobium sp. (Arachis), Bradyrhizobium sp.(Vigna), B. elkanii, B. japonicum; Paenibacillus alvei Penicilliumbilaiae, Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. phaseoli R. I. bv. trifolii R. I.bv. viciae, and Sinorhizobium meliloti

Preference is also given to mixtures comprising as pesticide II(component 2) a biopesticide from group L5) selected from Azospirillumamazonense SpY2, A. brasilense XOH, A. brasilense Sp245, A. brasilenseCd, A. brasilense Ab-V5, A. brasilense Ab-V6, A. lipoferum Sp31,Bradyrhizobium sp. (Vigna) PNL1, B. elkanii SEMIA 587, B. elkanii SEMIA5019, B. japonicum SEMIA 5079, B. japonicum SEMIA 5080, B. japonicumTA-11, B. japonicum 532c, Paenibacillus alvei NAS6G6, Penicllium bilaiaestrains ATCC 18309, ATCC 20851 and ATCC 22348; Rhizobium leguminosarumbv. phaseoli RG-B10, R. I. bv. viciae P1 NP3Cst, R. I. bv. viciaeR^(G)-P2, R. I. bv. trifolii RP113-7, R. I. bv. viciae SU303, R. I. bv.viciae WSM1455, R. tropici SEMIA 4077, R. tropici PRF 81 andSinorhizobium meliloti even more preferably selected from Azospirillumbrasilense Sp245, Bradyrhizobium sp. (Vigna) PNL1, B B. elkanii SEMIA587, B. elkanii SEMIA 5019, B. japonicum SEMIA 5079, B. japonicum SEMIA5080, B. japonicum TA-11 and B. japonicum 532c.

The present invention also relates to mixtures, wherein the at least onepesticide II is selected from Azospirillum amazonense, A. brasilense, A.lipoferum, A. irakense and A. halopraeferens, more preferably from A.brasilense, in particular selected from A. brasilense strains Sp245 andAZ39 which are both commercially used in Brazil and are obtainable fromEMBRAPA-Agribiologia, Brazil, and strains Ab-V5 and Ab-V6; in particularmixtures of these strains Ab-V5 and Ab-V6. These mixtures areparticularly suitable in soybean, especially as seed treatment.

The present invention also relates to mixtures wherein the at least onepesticide II is selected from A. amazonense, A. brasilense, A.lipoferum, A. irakense and A. halopraeferens, more preferably A.brasilense, and further comprises a pesticide III, wherein pesticide IIIis selected from jasmonic acid, its salts and derivatives thereof,preferably methyl-jasmonate or cis-jasmone.

According to another embodiment of the inventive mixtures,Bradyrhizobium spp. (meaning any Bradyrhizobium species and/or strain)as pesticide II is B. japonicum. These mixtures are particularlysuitable in soybean. Certain B. japonicum strains have beenre-classified as a novel species B. elkani, e.g. strain USDA 76 (Can. J.Microbiol. 38, 501-505, 1992). Bradyrhizobium spp. are cultivated usingmedia and fermentation techniques known in the art, e.g. in yeastextract-mannitol broth (YEM) at 27° C. for about 5 days.

The present invention also relates to mixtures, wherein the at least onepesticide II is selected from Bradyrhizobium spp., even more preferablyfrom B. sp. (Arachis), B. elkanii, B. japonicum, B. liaoningense and B.lupini and further comprises a pesticide III (component 3), whereinpesticide III is selected from jasmonic acid, its salts and derivativesthereof, preferably methyl-jasmonate or cis-jasmone.

Preferably, B. japonicum is selected from strains E-109, SEMIA 5079,SEMIA 5080, TA-11 and 532c. According to a further embodiment, mixturesof B. japonicum strains TA-11 and 532c or B. japonicum strains SEMIA5079 and 5080 are used. The strains having a prefix SEMIA are especiallysuitable for soybean grown in Australia or South America, in particularin Brazil. More preferably, mixtures of B. japonicum SEMIA 5079 andSEMIA 5080 are used. B. japonicum WB74 is especially suitable forsoybean grown in South America and Africa, in particular in SouthAfrica. Strain E-109 is especially suitable for soybean grown in SouthAmerica, in particular in Argentina.

The present invention also relates to mixtures, wherein the at least onepesticide II is selected from B. japonicum and further comprises apesticide III, wherein pesticide III is selected from jasmonic acid, itssalts and derivatives thereof, preferably methyl-jasmonate orcis-jasmone.

The present invention also relates to mixtures, wherein the at least onepesticide II is selected from Bradyrhizobium elkanii and Bradyrhizobiumliaoningense, more preferably from B. elkanii even more preferably B.elkanii strains SEMIA 587 and SEMIA 5019; in particular mixtures ofboth. These mixtures are particularly suitable in soybean in Australiaor South America, in particular in Brazil.

The present invention also relates to mixtures, wherein pesticide II isselected from Bradyrhizobium sp. (Arachis) and B. sp. (Vigna) whichshall describe the cowpea miscellany cross-inoculation group whichincludes inter alia indigenous cowpea bradyrhizobia on cowpea (Vignaunguiculata), siratro (Macroptilium atropurpureum), lima bean (Phaseoluslunatus), and peanut (Arachis hypogaea), in particular in particular B.sp. (Vigna) strain PNL1. This mixture comprising as pesticide II B. sp.(Arachis) or B. sp. (Vigna) is especially suitable for use in peanut,cowpea, Mung bean, Moth bean, Dune bean, Rice bean, Snake bean andCreeping vigna, in particular peanut.

The present invention also relates to mixtures, wherein the at least onepesticide II is selected from Bradyrhizobium lupini (also called B. sp.(Lupine), B. lupines or Rhizobium lupini). These mixtures are especiallysuitable for use in dry beans and lupins. Preferably, B. lupini isstrain LL13. This strain is especially suitable for lupins grown inAustralia, North America or Europe, in particular in Europe.

The present invention also relates to mixtures wherein the at least onepesticide II is selected from Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. phaseoliespecially for the legume common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), but also forother for various legumes such as alfalfa, clover, peas, beans, lentils,soybeans, peanuts and other crops such as corn and lettuce, even morepreferably strain RG-B10 thereof; R. I. bv. trifolii especially strainRP113-7 thereof, R. I. bv. viciae, in particular strains RG-P2, SU303,WSM1455 and P1NP3Cst thereof, in particular P1NP3Cst; R. tropiciespecially strains CC511, CIAT 899 and PRF 81 thereof; and Sinorhizobiummelioti, especially strain RCR2011 thereof. Further R. I. bv. phaseolior R. etli strains are e.g. known from the above mentioned referencesand Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 45(3), 737-742, 1983; ibida 54(5),1280-1283, 1988.

According to a further embodiment, in the inventive mixtures pesticideII is selected from one compound II selected from Sinorhizobium melilotimore preferably from RCR2011, S. meliloti NRG185, S. meliloti RRI128, S.meliloti SU277,

R. tropici is useful for a range of legume crops especially all kind ofclovers e.g. in tropical regions such as Brazil. Preferably, mixturescomprise as R. tropici at least one strain selected from CC511, CIAT899,H12 and PRF 81.

The present invention also relates to mixtures wherein the at least onepesticide II is selected from R. leguminosarum bv. phaseoli, R. I. bv.trifoii, R. I. bv. viciae, R. tropici and Sinorhizobium melioti, andfurther comprises a pesticide III, wherein pesticide III is selectedfrom jasmonic acid, its salts and derivatives thereof, preferablymethyl-jasmonate or cis-jasmone.

According to a further embodiment, the at least one pesticide II isselected from Delftia acidovorans, in particular strain RAY209,especially in soybean and canola.

Accordingly, the present invention furthermore relates to compositionscomprising one compound I (component 1) and one pesticide II (component2), which pesticide II is selected from the column “Co. 2” of the linesC-1 to C-870 of Table C.

A further embodiment relates to the compositions C-1 to C-870 listed inTable C, where a row of Table C corresponds in each case to a fungicidalcomposition comprising as active components one of the in the presentspecification individualized compounds of formula I (component 1) andthe respective pesticide II from groups A) to O) (component 2) stated inthe row in question. Preferably, the compositions described comprise theactive components in synergistically effective amounts.

TABLE C Compositions comprising as active components one indivivalizedcompound I (I) (in Column Co. 1) and as component 2) (in Column Co. 2)one pesticide from groups A) to O) [which is coded e. g. as (A.1.1) forazoxystrobin as defined above]. Mixt. Co. 1 Co. 2 C-1 (I) (A.1.1) C-2(I) (A.1.2) C-3 (I) (A.1.3) C-4 (I) (A.1.4) C-5 (I) (A.1.5) C-6 (I)(A.1.6) C-7 (I) (A.1.7) C-8 (I) (A.1.8) C-9 (I) (A.1.9) C-10 (I)(A.1.10) C-11 (I) (A.1.11) C-12 (I) (A.1.12) C-13 (I) (A.1.13) C-14 (I)(A.1.14) C-15 (I) (A.1.15) C-16 (I) (A.1.16) C-17 (I) (A.1.17) C-18 (I)(A.1.18) C-19 (I) (A.1.19) C-20 (I) (A.1.20) C-21 (I) (A.1.21) C-22 (I)(A.1.22) C-23 (I) (A.1.23) C-24 (I) (A.1.24) C-25 (I) (A.1.25) C-26 (I)(A.1.26) C-27 (I) (A.2.1) C-28 (I) (A.2.2) C-29 (I) (A.2.3) C-30 (I)(A.2.4) C-31 (I) (A.2.5) C-32 (I) (A.2.6) C-33 (I) (A.2.7) C-34 (I)(A.3.1) C-35 (I) (A.3.2) C-36 (I) (A.3.3) C-37 (I) (A.3.4) C-38 (I)(A.3.5) C-39 (I) (A.3.6) C-40 (I) (A.3.7) C-41 (I) (A.3.8) C-42 (I)(A.3.9) C-43 (I) (A.3.10) C-44 (I) (A.3.11) C-45 (I) (A.3.12) C-46 (I)(A.3.13) C-47 (I) (A.3.14) C-48 (I) (A.3.15) C-49 (I) (A.3.16) C-50 (I)(A.3.17) C-51 (I) (A.3.18) C-52 (I) (A.3.19) C-53 (I) (A.3.20) C-54 (I)(A.3.21) C-55 (I) (A.3.22) C-56 (I) (A.3.23) C-57 (I) (A.3.24) C-58 (I)(A.3.25) C-59 (I) (A.3.26) C-60 (I) (A.3.27) C-61 (I) (A.4.1) C-62 (I)(A.4.2) C-63 (I) (A.4.3) C-64 (I) (A.4.4) C-65 (I) (A.4.5) C-66 (I)(A.4.6) C-67 (I) (A.4.7) C-68 (I) (A.4.8) C-69 (I) (A.4.9) C-70 (I)(A.4.10) C-71 (I) (A.4.11) C-72 (I) (A.4.12) C-73 (I) (B.1.1) C-74 (I)(B.1.2) C-75 (I) (B.1.3) C-76 (I) (B.1.4) C-77 (I) (B.1.5) C-78 (I)(B.1.6) C-79 (I) (B.1.7) C-80 (I) (B.1.8) C-81 (I) (B.1.9) C-82 (I)(B.1.10) C-83 (I) (B.1.11) C-84 (I) (B.1.12) C-85 (I) (B.1.13) C-86 (I)(B.1.14) C-87 (I) (B.1.15) C-88 (I) (B.1.16) C-89 (I) (B.1.17) C-90 (I)(B.1.18) C-91 (I) (B.1.19) C-92 (I) (B.1.20) C-93 (I) (B.1.21) C-94 (I)(B.1.22) C-95 (I) (B.1.23) C-96 (I) (B.1.24) C-97 (I) (B.1.25) C-98 (I)(B.1.26) C-99 (I) (B.1.27) C-100 (I) (B.1.28) C-101 (I) (B.1.29) C-102(I) (B.1.30) C-103 (I) (B.1.31) C-104 (I) (B.1.32) C-105 (I) (B.1.33)C-106 (I) (B.1.34) C-107 (I) (B.1.35) C-108 (I) (B.1.36) C-109 (I)(B.1.37) C-110 (I) (B.1.38) C-111 (I) (B.1.39) C-112 (I) (B.1.40) C-113(I) (B.1.41) C-114 (I) (B.1.42) C-115 (I) (B.1.43) C-116 (I) (B.1.44)C-117 (I) (B.1.45) C-118 (I) (B.1.46) C-119 (I) (B.1.47) C-120 (I)(B.1.48) C-121 (I) (B.1.49) C-122 (I) (B.1.50) C-123 (I) (B.1.51) C-124(I) (B.2.1) C-125 (I) (B.2.2) C-126 (I) (B.2.3) C-127 (I) (B.2.4) C-128(I) (B.2.5) C-129 (I) (B.2.6) C-130 (I) (B.2.7) C-131 (I) (B.2.8) C-132(I) (B.3.1) C-133 (I) (C.1.1) C-134 (I) (C.1.2) C-135 (I) (C.1.3) C-136(I) (C.1.4) C-137 (I) (C.1.5) C-138 (I) (C.1.6) C-139 (I) (C.1.7) C-140(I) (C.2.1) C-141 (I) (C.2.2) C-142 (I) (C.2.3) C-143 (I) (C.2.4) C-144(I) (C.2.5) C-145 (I) (C.2.6) C-146 (I) (C.2.7) C-147 (I) (D.1.1) C-148(I) (D.1.2) C-149 (I) (D.1.3) C-150 (I) (D.1.4) C-151 (I) (D.1.5) C-152(I) (D.1.6) C-153 (I) (D.2.1) C-154 (I) (D.2.2) C-155 (I) (D.2.3) C-156(I) (D.2.4) C-157 (I) (D.2.5) C-158 (I) (D.2.6) C-159 (I) (D.2.7) C-160(I) (E.1.1) C-161 (I) (E.1.2) C-162 (I) (E.1.3) C-163 (I) (E.2.1) C-164(I) (E.2.2) C-165 (I) (E.2.3) C-166 (I) (E.2.4) C-167 (I) (E.2.5) C-168(I) (E.2.6) C-169 (I) (E.2.7) C-170 (I) (E.2.8) C-171 (I) (F.1.1) C-172(I) (F.1.2) C-173 (I) (F.1.3) C-174 (I) (F.1.4) C-175 (I) (F.1.5) C-176(I) (F.1.6) C-177 (I) (F.2.1) C-178 (I) (G.1.1) C-179 (I) (G.1.2) C-180(I) (G.1.3) C-181 (I) (G.1.4) C-182 (I) (G.2.1) C-183 (I) (G.2.2) C-184(I) (G.2.3) C-185 (I) (G.2.4) C-186 (I) (G.2.5) C-187 (I) (G.2.6) C-188(I) (G.2.7) C-189 (I) (G.3.1) C-190 (I) (G.3.2) C-191 (I) (G.3.3) C-192(I) (G.3.4) C-193 (I) (G.3.5) C-194 (I) (G.3.6) C-195 (I) (G.3.7) C-196(I) (G.3.8) C-197 (I) (G.4.1) C-198 (I) (G.5.1) C-199 (I) (G.5.2) C-200(I) (G.5.3) C-201 (I) (H.1.1) C-202 (I) (H.1.2) C-203 (I) (H.1.3) C-204(I) (H.1.4) C-205 (I) (H.1.5) C-206 (I) (H.1.6) C-207 (I) (H.2.1) C-208(I) (H.2.2) C-209 (I) (H.2.3) C-210 (I) (H.2.4) C-211 (I) (H.2.5) C-212(I) (H.2.6) C-213 (I) (H.2.7) C-214 (I) (H.2.8) C-215 (I) (H.2.9) C-216(I) (H.3.1) C-217 (I) (H.3.2) C-218 (I) (H.3.3) C-219 (I) (H.3.4) C-220(I) (H.3.5) C-221 (I) (H.3.6) C-222 (I) (H.3.7) C-223 (I) (H.3.8) C-224(I) (H.3.9) C-225 (I) (H.3.10) C-226 (I) (H.3.11) C-227 (I) (H.4.1)C-228 (I) (H.4.2) C-229 (I) (H.4.3) C-230 (I) (H.4.4) C-231 (I) (H.4.5)C-232 (I) (H.4.6) C-233 (I) (H.4.7) C-234 (I) (H.4.8) C-235 (I) (H.4.9)C-236 (I) (H.4.10) C-237 (I) (I.1.1) C-238 (I) (I.1.2) C-239 (I) (I.2.1)C-240 (I) (I.2.2) C-241 (I) (I.2.3) C-242 (I) (I.2.4) C-243 (I) (I.2.5)C-244 (I) (J.1.1) C-245 (I) (J.1.2) C-246 (I) (J.1.3) C-247 (I) (J.1.4)C-248 (I) (J.1.5) C-249 (I) (J.1.6) C-250 (I) (J.1.7) C-251 (I) (J.1.8)C-252 (I) (J.1.9) C-253 (I) (K.1.1) C-254 (I) (K.1.2) C-255 (I) (K.1.3)C-256 (I) (K.1.4) C-257 (I) (K.1.5) C-258 (I) (K.1.6) C-259 (I) (K.1.7)C-260 (I) (K.1.8) C-261 (I) (K.1.9) C-262 (I) (K.1.10) C-263 (I)(K.1.11) C-264 (I) (K.1.12) C-265 (I) (K.1.13) C-266 (I) (K.1.14) C-267(I) (K.1.15) C-268 (I) (K.1.16) C-269 (I) (K.1.17) C-270 (I) (K.1.18)C-271 (I) (K.1.19) C-272 (I) (K.1.20) C-273 (I) (K.1.21) C-274 (I)(K.1.22) C-275 (I) (K.1.23) C-276 (I) (K.1.24) C-277 (I) (K.1.25) C-278(I) (K.1.26) C-279 (I) (K.1.27) C-280 (I) (K.1.28) C-281 (I) (K.1.29)C-282 (I) (K.1.30) C-283 (I) (K.1.31) C-284 (I) (K.1.32) C-285 (I)(K.1.33) C-286 (I) (K.1.34) C-287 (I) (K.1.35) C-288 (I) (K.1.36) C-289(I) (K.1.37) C-290 (I) (K.1.38) C-291 (I) (K.1.39) C-292 (I) (K.1.40)C-293 (I) (K.1.41) C-294 (I) (K.1.42) C-295 (I) (K.1.43) C-296 (I)(K.1.44) C-297 (I) (K.1.45) C-298 (I) (K.1.46) C-299 (I) (K.1.47) C-300(I) (K.1.48) C-301 (I) (M.1.1) C-302 (I) (M.1.2) C-303 (I) (M.1.3) C-304(I) (M.1.4) C-305 (I) (M.1.5) C-306 (I) (M.1.6) C-307 (I) (M.1.7) C-308(I) (M.1.8) C-309 (I) (M.1.9) C-310 (I) (M.1.10) C-311 (I) (M.1.11)C-312 (I) (M.1.12) C-313 (I) (M.1.13) C-314 (I) (M.1.14) C-315 (I)(M.1.15) C-316 (I) (M.1.16) C-317 (I) (M.1.17) C-318 (I) (M.1.18) C-319(I) (M.1.19) C-320 (I) (M.1.20) C-321 (I) (M.1.21) C-322 (I) (M.1.22)C-323 (I) (M.1.23) C-324 (I) (M.1.24) C-325 (I) (M.1.25) C-326 (I)(M.1.26) C-327 (I) (M.1.27) C-328 (I) (M.1.28) C-329 (I) (M.1.29) C-330(I) (M.1.30) C-331 (I) (M.1.31) C-332 (I) (M.1.32) C-333 (I) (M.1.33)C-334 (I) (M.1.34) C-335 (I) (M.1.35) C-336 (I) (M.1.36) C-337 (I)(M.1.37) C-338 (I) (M.1.38) C-339 (I) (M.1.39) C-340 (I) (M.1.40) C-341(I) (M.1.41) C-342 (I) (M.1.42) C-343 (I) (M.1.43) C-344 (I) (M.1.44)C-345 (I) (M.1.45) C-346 (I) (M.1.46) C-347 (I) (M.1.47) C-348 (I)(M.1.48) C-349 (I) (M.1.49) C-350 (I) (M.1.50) C-351 (I) (N.1.1) C-352(I) (N.1.2) C-353 (I) (N.1.3) C-354 (I) (N.1.4) C-355 (I) (N.1.5) C-356(I) (N.2.1) C-357 (I) (N.2.2) C-358 (I) (N.2.3) C-359 (I) (N.3.1) C-360(I) (N.3.2) C-361 (I) (N.3.3) C-362 (I) (N.3.4) C-363 (I) (N.4.1) C-364(I) (N.5.1) C-365 (I) (N.6.1) C-366 (I) (N.6.2) C-367 (I) (N.6.3) C-368(I) (N.6.4) C-369 (I) (N.6.5) C-370 (I) (N.7.1) C-371 (I) (N.7.2) C-372(I) (N.7.3) C-373 (I) (N.8.1) C-374 (I) (N.9.1) C-375 (I) (N.10.1) C-376(I) (N.10.2) C-377 (I) (N.10.3) C-378 (I) (N.10.4) C-379 (I) (N.10.5)C-380 (I) (N.11.1) C-381 (I) (N.12.1) C-382 (I) (N.12.2) C-383 (I)(N.12.3) C-384 (I) (N.12.4) C-385 (I) (N.13.1) C-386 (I) (N.13.2) C-387(I) (N.13.3) C-388 (I) (N.13.4) C-389 (I) (N.13.5) C-390 (I) (N.13.6)C-391 (I) (N.13.7) C-392 (I) (N.13.8) C-393 (I) (N.13.9) C-394 (I)(N.14.1) C-395 (I) (N.14.2) C-396 (I) (N.14.3) C-397 (I) (N.15.1) C-398(I) (N.16.1) C-399 (I) (N.16.2) C-400 (I) (N.17.1) C-401 (I) (N.17.2)C-402 (I) (N.17.3) C-403 (I) (N.17.4) C-404 (I) (N.17.5) C-405 (I)(N.17.6) C-406 (I) (N.17.7) C-407 (I) (N.17.8) C-408 (I) (N.17.9) C-409(I) (N.17.10) C-410 (I) (N.17.11) C-411 (I) (N.17.12) C-412 (I) (O.1.1)C-413 (I) (O.1.2) C-414 (I) (O.1.3) C-415 (I) (O.1.4) C-416 (I) (O.1.5)C-417 (I) (O.1.6) C-418 (I) (O.1.7) C-419 (I) (O.1.8) C-420 (I) (O.1.9)C-421 (I) (O.1.10) C-422 (I) (O.1.11) C-423 (I) (O.1.12) C-424 (I)(O.1.13) C-425 (I) (O.1.14) C-426 (I) (O.1.15) C-427 (I) (O.1.16) C-428(I) (O.1.17) C-429 (I) (O.1.18) C-430 (I) (O.1.19) C-431 (I) (O.1.20)C-432 (I) (O.1.21) C-433 (I) (O.1.22) C-434 (I) (O.1.23) C-435 (I)(O.1.24) C-436 (I) (O.1.25) C-437 (I) (O.1.26) C-438 (I) (O.1.27) C-439(I) (O.1.28) C-440 (I) (O.1.29) C-441 (I) (O.1.30) C-442 (I) (O.1.31)C-443 (I) (O.1.32) C-444 (I) (O.1.33) C-445 (I) (O.1.34) C-446 (I)(O.1.35) C-447 (I) (O.1.36) C-448 (I) (O.1.37) C-449 (I) (O.1.38) C-450(I) (O.2.1) C-451 (I) (O.2.2) C-452 (I) (O.2.3) C-453 (I) (O.2.4) C-454(I) (O.2.5) C-455 (I) (O.2.6) C-456 (I) (O.2.7) C-457 (I) (O.2.8) C-458(I) (O.2.9) C-459 (I) (O.2.10) C-460 (I) (O.2.11) C-461 (I) (O.2.12)C-462 (I) (O.2.13) C-463 (I) (O.2.14) C-464 (I) (O.2.15) C-465 (I)(O.2.16) C-466 (I) (O.3.1) C-467 (I) (O.3.2) C-468 (I) (O.3.3) C-469 (I)(O.3.4) C-470 (I) (O.3.5) C-471 (I) (O.3.6) C-472 (I) (O.3.7) C-473 (I)(O.3.8) C-474 (I) (O.3.9) C-475 (I) (O.3.10) C-476 (I) (O.3.11) C-477(I) (O.3.12) C-478 (I) (O.3.13) C-479 (I) (O.3.14) C-480 (I) (O.3.15)C-481 (I) (O.3.16) C-482 (I) (O.3.17) C-483 (I) (O.3.18) C-484 (I)(O.3.19) C-485 (I) (O.3.20) C-486 (I) (O.3.21) C-487 (I) (O.3.22) C-488(I) (O.3.23) C-489 (I) (O.3.24) C-490 (I) (O.3.25) C-491 (I) (O.3.26)C-492 (I) (O.3.27) C-493 (I) (O.4.1) C-494 (I) (O.4.2) C-495 (I) (O.4.3)C-496 (I) (O.4.4) C-497 (I) (O.4.5) C-498 (I) (O.4.6) C-499 (I) (O.4.7)C-500 (I) (O.4.8) C-501 (I) (O.4.9) C-502 (I) (O.4.10) C-503 (I)(O.4.11) C-504 (I) (O.4.12) C-505 (I) (O.4.13) C-506 (I) (O.4.14) C-507(I) (O.4.15) C-508 (I) (O.4.16) C-509 (I) (O.4.17) C-510 (I) (O.4.18)C-511 (I) (O.4.19) C-512 (I) (O.4.20) C-513 (I) (O.4.21) C-514 (I)(O.4.22) C-515 (I) (O.4.23) C-516 (I) (O.4.24) C-517 (I) (O.5.1) C-518(I) (O.5.2) C-519 (I) (O.5.3) C-520 (I) (O.5.4) C-521 (I) (O.5.5) C-522(I) (O.5.6) C-523 (I) (O.5.7) C-524 (I) (O.5.8) C-525 (I) (O.5.9) C-526(I) (O.6.1) C-527 (I) (O.6.2) C-528 (I) (O.6.3) C-529 (I) (O.6.4) C-530(I) (O.6.5) C-531 (I) (O.6.6) C-532 (I) (O.6.7) C-533 (I) (O.7.1) C-534(I) (O.7.2) C-535 (I) (O.7.3) C-536 (I) (O.7.4) C-537 (I) (O.7.5) C-538(I) (O.7.6) C-539 (I) (O.8.1) C-540 (I) (O.8.2) C-541 (I) (O.8.3) C-542(I) (O.8.4) C-543 (I) (O.8.5) C-544 (I) (O.9.1) C-545 (I) (O.9.2) C-546(I) (O.9.3) C-547 (I) (O.10.1) C-548 (I) (O.11.1) C-549 (I) (O.11.2)C-550 (I) (O.11.3) C-551 (I) (O.11.4) C-552 (I) (O.12.1) C-553 (I)(O.13.1) C-554 (I) (O.14.1) C-555 (I) (O.14.2) C-556 (I) (O.15.1) C-557(I) (O.15.2) C-558 (I) (O.15.3) C-559 (I) (O.15.4) C-560 (I) (O.15.5)C-561 (I) (O.15.6) C-562 (I) (O.15.7) C-563 (I) (O.15.8) C-564 (I)(O.15.9) C-565 (I) (O.15.10) C-566 (I) (O.15.11) C-567 (I) (O.16.1)C-568 (I) (O.16.2) C-569 (I) (O.16.3) C-570 (I) (O.16.4) C-571 (I)(O.16.5) C-572 (I) (O.16.6) C-573 (I) (L.1.1) C-574 (I) (L.1.2) C-575(I) (L.1.3) C-576 (I) (L.1.4) C-577 (I) (L.1.5) C-578 (I) (L.1.6) C-579(I) (L.1.7) C-580 (I) (L.1.8) C-581 (I) (L.1.9) C-582 (I) (L.1.10) C-583(I) (L.1.11) C-584 (I) (L.1.12) C-585 (I) (L.1.13) C-586 (I) (L.1.14)C-587 (I) (L.1.15) C-588 (I) (L.1.16) C-589 (I) (L.1.17) C-590 (I)(L.1.18) C-591 (I) (L.1.19) C-592 (I) (L.1.20) C-593 (I) (L.1.21) C-594(I) (L.1.22) C-595 (I) (L.1.23) C-596 (I) (L.1.24) C-597 (I) (L.1.25)C-598 (I) (L.1.26) C-599 (I) (L.1.27) C-600 (I) (L.1.28) C-601 (I)(L.1.29) C-602 (I) (L.1.30) C-603 (I) (L.1.31) C-604 (I) (L.1.32) C-605(I) (L.1.33) C-606 (I) (L.1.34) C-607 (I) (L.1.35) C-608 (I) (L.1.36)C-609 (I) (L.1.37) C-610 (I) (L.1.38) C-611 (I) (L.1.39) C-612 (I)(L.1.40) C-613 (I) (L.1.41) C-614 (I) (L.1.42) C-615 (I) (L.1.43) C-616(I) (L.1.44) C-617 (I) (L.1.45) C-618 (I) (L.1.46) C-619 (I) (L.1.47)C-620 (I) (L.1.48) C-621 (I) (L.1.49) C-622 (I) (L.1.50) C-623 (I)(L.1.51) C-624 (I) (L.1.52) C-625 (I) (L.1.53) C-626 (I) (L.1.54) C-627(I) (L.1.55) C-628 (I) (L.1.56) C-629 (I) (L.1.57) C-630 (I) (L.1.58)C-631 (I) (L.1.59) C-632 (I) (L.1.60) C-633 (I) (L.1.61) C-634 (I)(L.1.62) C-635 (I) (L.1.63) C-636 (I) (L.1.64) C-637 (I) (L.1.65) C-638(I) (L.1.66) C-639 (I) (L.1.67) C-640 (I) (L.1.68) C-641 (I) (L.1.69)C-642 (I) (L.1.70) C-643 (I) (L.1.71) C-644 (I) (L.1.72) C-645 (I)(L.1.73) C-646 (I) (L.1.74) C-647 (I) (L.1.75) C-648 (I) (L.1.76) C-649(I) (L.1.77) C-650 (I) (L.1.78) C-651 (I) (L.1.79) C-652 (I) (L.1.80)C-653 (I) (L.1.81) C-654 (I) (L.1.82) C-655 (I) (L.1.83) C-656 (I)(L.1.84) C-657 (I) (L.1.85) C-658 (I) (L.1.86) C-659 (I) (L.1.87) C-660(I) (L.1.88) C-661 (I) (L.1.89) C-662 (I) (L.1.90) C-663 (I) (L.1.91)C-664 (I) (L.1.92) C-665 (I) (L.1.93) C-666 (I) (L.1.94) C-667 (I)(L.1.95) C-668 (I) (L.1.96) C-669 (I) (L.1.97) C-670 (I) (L.2.1) C-671(I) (L.2.2) C-672 (I) (L.2.3) C-673 (I) (L.2.4) C-674 (I) (L.2.5) C-675(I) (L.2.6) C-676 (I) (L.2.7) C-677 (I) (L.2.8) C-678 (I) (L.2.9) C-679(I) (L.2.10) C-680 (I) (L.2.11) C-681 (I) (L.3.1) C-682 (I) (L.3.2)C-683 (I) (L.3.3) C-684 (I) (L.3.4) C-685 (I) (L.3.5) C-686 (I) (L.3.6)C-687 (I) (L.3.7) C-688 (I) (L.3.8) C-689 (I) (L.3.9) C-690 (I) (L.3.10)C-691 (I) (L.3.11) C-692 (I) (L.3.12) C-693 (I) (L.3.13) C-694 (I)(L.3.14) C-695 (I) (L.3.15) C-696 (I) (L.3.16) C-697 (I) (L.3.17) C-698(I) (L.3.18) C-699 (I) (L.3.19) C-700 (I) (L.3.20) C-701 (I) (L.3.21)C-702 (I) (L.3.22) C-703 (I) (L.3.23) C-704 (I) (L.3.24) C-705 (I)(L.3.25) C-706 (I) (L.3.26) C-707 (I) (L.3.27) C-708 (I) (L.3.28) C-709(I) (L.3.29) C-710 (I) (L.3.30) C-711 (I) (L.3.31) C-712 (I) (L.3.32)C-713 (I) (L.3.33) C-714 (I) (L.3.34) C-715 (I) (L.3.35) C-716 (I)(L.3.36) C-717 (I) (L.3.37) C-718 (I) (L.3.38) C-719 (I) (L.3.39) C-720(I) (L.3.40) C-721 (I) (L.3.41) C-722 (I) (L.3.42) C-723 (I) (L.3.43)C-724 (I) (L.3.44) C-725 (I) (L.3.45) C-726 (I) (L.3.46) C-727 (I)(L.3.47) C-728 (I) (L.3.48) C-729 (I) (L.3.49) C-730 (I) (L.3.50) C-731(I) (L.3.51) C-732 (I) (L.3.52) C-733 (I) (L.3.53) C-734 (I) (L.3.54)C-735 (I) (L.3.55) C-736 (I) (L.3.56) C-737 (I) (L.3.57) C-738 (I)(L.3.58) C-739 (I) (L.3.59) C-740 (I) (L.3.60) C-741 (I) (L.4.1) C-742(I) (L.4.2) C-743 (I) (L.4.3) C-744 (I) (L.4.4) C-745 (I) (L.4.5) C-746(I) (L.4.6) C-747 (I) (L.4.7) C-748 (I) (L.4.8) C-749 (I) (L.4.9) C-750(I) (L.4.10) C-751 (I) (L.4.11) C-752 (I) (L.4.12) C-753 (I) (L.4.13)C-754 (I) (L.4.14) C-755 (I) (L.4.15) C-756 (I) (L.4.16) C-757 (I)(L.4.17) C-758 (I) (L.4.18) C-759 (I) (L.4.19) C-760 (I) (L.4.20) C-761(I) (L.4.21) C-762 (I) (L.4.22) C-763 (I) (L.4.23) C-764 (I) (L.4.24)C-765 (I) (L.4.25) C-766 (I) (L.4.26) C-767 (I) (L.4.27) C-768 (I)(L.4.28) C-769 (I) (L.4.29) C-770 (I) (L.4.30) C-771 (I) (L.4.31) C-772(I) (L.4.32) C-773 (I) (L.4.33) C-774 (I) (L.5.1) C-775 (I) (L.5.2)C-776 (I) (L.5.3) C-777 (I) (L.5.4) C-778 (I) (L.5.5) C-779 (I) (L.5.6)C-780 (I) (L.5.7) C-781 (I) (L.5.8) C-782 (I) (L.5.9) C-783 (I) (L.5.10)C-784 (I) (L.5.11) C-785 (I) (L.5.12) C-786 (I) (L.5.13) C-787 (I)(L.5.14) C-788 (I) (L.5.15) C-789 (I) (L.5.16) C-790 (I) (L.5.17) C-791(I) (L.5.18) C-792 (I) (L.5.19) C-793 (I) (L.5.20) C-794 (I) (L.5.21)C-795 (I) (L.5.22) C-796 (I) (L.5.23) C-797 (I) (L.5.24) C-798 (I)(L.5.25) C-799 (I) (L.5.26) C-800 (I) (L.5.27) C-801 (I) (L.5.28) C-802(I) (L.5.29) C-803 (I) (L.5.30) C-804 (I) (L.5.31) C-805 (I) (L.5.32)C-806 (I) (L.5.33) C-807 (I) (L.5.34) C-808 (I) (L.5.35) C-809 (I)(L.5.36) C-810 (I) (L.5.37) C-811 (I) (L.5.38) C-812 (I) (L.5.39) C-813(I) (L.5.40) C-814 (I) (L.5.41) C-815 (I) (L.5.42) C-816 (I) (L.5.43)C-817 (I) (L.5.44) C-818 (I) (L.5.45) C-819 (I) (L.5.46) C-820 (I)(L.5.47) C-821 (I) (L.5.48) C-822 (I) (L.5.49) C-823 (I) (L.5.50) C-824(I) (L.5.51) C-825 (I) (L.5.52) C-826 (I) (L.5.53) C-827 (I) (L.5.54)C-828 (I) (L.5.55) C-829 (I) (L.5.56) C-830 (I) (L.5.57) C-831 (I)(L.5.58) C-832 (I) (L.5.59) C-833 (I) (L.5.60) C-834 (I) (L.5.60) C-835(I) (L.5.60) C-836 (I) (L.5.60) C-837 (I) (L.5.60) C-838 (I) (L.5.61)C-839 (I) (L.5.62) C-840 (I) (L.5.63) C-841 (I) (L.5.64) C-842 (I)(L.5.65) C-843 (I) (L.5.66) C-844 (I) (L.5.67) C-845 (I) (L.5.67) C-846(I) (L.5.67) C-847 (I) (L.5.68) C-848 (I) (L.5.69) C-849 (I) (L.5.70)C-850 (I) (L.5.71) C-851 (I) (L.5.72) C-852 (I) (L.5.73) C-853 (I)(L.5.74) C-854 (I) (L.5.75) C-855 (I) (L.6.1) C-856 (I) (L.6.2) C-857(I) (L.6.3) C-858 (I) (L.6.4) C-859 (I) (L.6.5) C-860 (I) (L.6.6) C-861(I) (L.6.7) C-862 (I) (L.6.8) C-863 (I) (L.6.9) C-864 (I) (L.6.10) C-865(I) (L.6.11) C-866 (I) (L.6.12) C-867 (I) (L.6.13) C-868 (I) (L.6.14)C-869 (I) (L.6.15) C-870 (I) (L.6.16)

The active substances referred to as component 2, their preparation andtheir activity e.g. against harmful fungi is known (cf.:http://www.alanwood.net/pesticides/); these substances are commerciallyavailable. The compounds described by IUPAC nomenclature, theirpreparation and their pesticidal activity are also known (cf. Can. J.Plant Sci. 48(6), 587-94, 1968; EP-A 141 317; EP-A 152 031; EP-A 226917; EP-A 243 970; EP-A 256 503; EP-A 428 941; EP-A 532 022; EP-A 1 028125; EP-A 1 035 122; EP-A 1 201 648; EP-A 1 122 244, JP 2002316902; DE19650197; DE 10021412; DE 102005009458; U.S. Pat. No. 3,296,272; U.S.Pat. No. 3,325,503; WO 98/46608; WO 99/14187; WO 99/24413; WO 99/27783;WO 00/29404; WO 00/46148; WO 00/65913; WO 01/54501; WO 01/56358; WO02/22583; WO 02/40431; WO 03/10149; WO 03/11853; WO 03/14103; WO03/16286; WO 03/53145; WO 03/61388; WO 03/66609; WO 03/74491; WO04/49804; WO 04/83193; WO 05/120234; WO 05/123689; WO 05/123690; WO05/63721; WO 05/87772; WO 05/87773; WO 06/15866; WO 06/87325; WO06/87343; WO 07/82098; WO 07/90624, WO 11/028657, WO2012/168188, WO2007/006670, WO 2011/77514; WO13/047749, WO 10/069882, WO 13/047441, WO03/16303, WO 09/90181, WO 13/007767, WO 13/010862, WO 13/127704, WO13/024009, WO 13/024010 and WO 13/047441, WO 13/162072, WO 13/092224).

The mixtures of active substances can be prepared as compositionscomprising besides the active ingredients at least one inert ingredient(auxiliary) by usual means, e.g. by the means given for the compositionsof compounds I.

Concerning usual ingredients of such compositions reference is made tothe explanations given for the compositions containing compounds I.

The mixtures of active substances according to the present invention aresuitable as fungicides, as are the compounds of formula I. They aredistinguished by an outstanding effectiveness against a broad spectrumof phytopathogenic fungi, especially from the classes of theAscomycetes, Basidiomycetes, Deuteromycetes and Peronosporomycetes (syn.Oomycetes). In addition, it is referred to the explanations regardingthe fungicidal activity of the compounds and the compositions containingcompounds I, respectively.

According to one embodiment, the microbial pesticides selected fromgroups L1), L3) and L5) embrace not only the isolated, pure cultures ofthe respective micro-organism as defined herein, but also its cell-freeextract, its suspensions in a whole broth culture or as ametabolite-containing culture medium or a purified metabolite obtainedfrom a whole broth culture of the microorganism or microorganism strain.

According to a further embodiment, the microbial pesticides selectedfrom groups L1), L3 and L5) embraces not only the isolated, purecultures of the respective micro-organism as defined herein, but also acell-free extract thereof or at least one metabolite thereof, and/or amutant of the respective micro-organism having all the identifyingcharacteristics thereof and also a cell-free extract or at least onemetabolite of the mutant.

As used herein, “whole culture broth” refers to a liquid culture of amicroorganism containing vegetative cells and/or spores suspended in theculture medium and optionally metabolites produced by the respectivemicroorganism.

As used herein, “culture medium”, refers to a medium obtainable byculturing the microorganism in said medium, preferably a liquid broth,and remaining when cells grown in the medium are removed, e.g., thesupernatant remaining when cells grown in a liquid broth are removed bycentrifugation, filtration, sedimentation, or other means well known inthe art; comprising e.g. metabolites produced by the respectivemicroorganism and secreted into the culture medium. The “culture medium”sometimes also referred to as “supernatant” can be obtained e.g. bycentrifugation at temperatures of about 2 to 30° C. (more preferably attemperatures of 4 to 20° C.) for about 10 to 60 min (more preferablyabout 15 to 30 min) at about 5,000 to 20,000× g (more preferably atabout 15,000× g).

As used herein, “cell-free extract” refers to an extract of thevegetative cells, spores and/or the whole culture broth of amicroorganism comprising cellular metabolites produced by the respectivemicroorganism obtainable by cell disruption methods known in the artsuch as solvent-based (e.g. organic solvents such as alcohols sometimesin combination with suitable salts), temperature-based, application ofshear forces, cell disruption with an ultrasonicator. The desiredextract may be concentrated by conventional concentration techniquessuch as drying, evaporation, centrifugation or alike. Certain washingsteps using organic solvents and/or water-based media may also beapplied to the crude extract preferably prior to use.

As used herein, the term “metabolite” refers to any component, compound,substance or byproduct (including but not limited to small moleculesecondary metabolites, polyketides, fatty acid synthase products,non-ribosomal peptides, ribosomal peptides, proteins and enzymes)produced by a microorganism (such as fungi and bacteria, in particularthe strains of the invention) that has any beneficial effect asdescribed herein such as pesticidal activity or improvement of plantgrowth, water use efficiency of the plant, plant health, plantappearance, or the population of beneficial microorganisms in the soilaround the plant activity herein.

As used herein, “isolate” refers to a pure microbial culture separatedfrom its natural origin, such an isolate obtained by culturing a singlemicrobial colony. An isolate is a pure culture derived from aheterogeneous, wild population of microorganisms.

As used herein, “strain” refers to isolate or a group of isolatesexhibiting phenotypic and/or genotypic traits belonging to the samelineage, distinct from those of other isolates or strains of the samespecies.

The term “mutant” refers a microorganism obtained by direct mutantselection but also includes microorganisms that have been furthermutagenized or otherwise manipulated (e. g., via the introduction of aplasmid). Accordingly, embodiments include mutants, variants, and orderivatives of the respective microorganism, both naturally occurringand artificially induced mutants. For example, mutants may be induced bysubjecting the microorganism to known mutagens, such asN-methyl-nitrosoguanidine, using conventional methods.

In the case of mixtures comprising microbial pesticides II selected fromgroups L1), L3) and L5), the microorganisms as used according to theinvention can be cultivated continuously or discontinuously in the batchprocess or in the fed batch or repeated fed batch process. A review ofknown methods of cultivation will be found in the textbook by Chmiel(Bioprozesstechnik 1. Einführung in die Bioverfahrenstechnik (GustavFischer Verlag, Stuttgart, 1991)) or in the textbook by Storhas(Bioreaktoren und periphere Einrichtungen (Vieweg Verlag,Braunschweig/Wiesbaden, 1994)).

When living microorganisms, such as pesticides II from groups L1), L3)and L5), form part of the compositions, such compositions can beprepared as compositions comprising besides the active ingredients atleast one auxiliary (inert ingredient) by usual means (see e. g. H. D.Burges: Formulation of Micobial Biopestcides, Springer, 1998). Suitablecustomary types of such compositions are suspensions, dusts, powders,pastes, granules, pressings, capsules, and mixtures thereof. Examplesfor composition types are suspensions (e.g. SC, OD, FS), capsules (e.g.CS, ZC), pastes, pastilles, wettable powders or dusts (e.g. WP, SP, WS,DP, DS), pressings (e.g. BR, TB, DT), granules (e.g. WG, SG, GR, FG, GG,MG), insecticidal articles (e.g. LN), as well as gel formulations forthe treatment of plant propagation materials such as seeds (e.g. GF).Herein, it has to be taken into account that each formulation type orchoice of auxiliary should not influence the viability of themicroorganism during storage of the composition and when finally appliedto the soil, plant or plant propagation material. Suitable formulationsare e.g. mentioned in WO 2008/002371, U.S. Pat. No. 6,955,912, U.S. Pat.No. 5,422,107.

Examples for suitable auxiliaries are those mentioned earlier herein,wherein it must be taken care that choice and amounts of suchauxiliaries should not influence the viability of the microbialpesticides in the composition. Especially for bactericides and solvents,compatibility with the respective microorganism of the respectivemicrobial pesticide has to be taken into account. In addition,compositions with microbial pesticides may further contain stabilizersor nutrients and UV protectants. Suitable stabilzers or nutrients aree.g. alpha-tocopherol, trehalose, glutamate, potassium sorbate, varioussugars like glucose, sucrose, lactose and maltodextrine (H. D. Burges:Formulation of Micobial Biopestcides, Springer, 1998). Suitable UVprotectants are e.g. inorganic compounds like titan dioxide, zinc oxideand iron oxide pigments or organic compounds like benzophenones,benzotriazoles and phenyltriazines. The compositions may in addition toauxiliaries mentioned for compositions comprising compounds I hereinoptionally comprise 0.1-80% stabilizers or nutrients and 0.1-10% UVprotectants.

PREPARATION EXAMPLES

With appropriate modification of the starting materials, the proceduresgiven in the synthesis description were used to obtain furthercompounds. The compounds obtained in this manner are listed in the tablethat follows, together with physical data.

The products shown below were characterized by melting pointdetermination, by NMR spectroscopy or by the masses ([m/z]) or retentiontime (RT; [min.]) determined by HPLC MS or HPLC spectrometry.

physical data (HPLC/MS) No. Y Q R¹ R³L method Rt [min] m/z F-1 NHCH₃ CH₂Cl (E)-C-methyl-N-[(6-methyl-2- A 2.07 362.2pyridyl)methoxy]carbonimidoyl F-2 NHCH₃ CH₂ Cl[1-(4-chlorophenyl)pyrazol-3-yl]methyl A 3.36 412.1 F-3 NHCH₃ CH₂ Cl[1-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)pyrazol-3- A 3.60 462.0 yl]oxymethyl F-4 NHCH₃CH₂ Cl [1-(2,4-difluorophenyl)pyrazol-3- A 1.67 408.1 yl]oxymethyl F-5N(CH₃)₂ CH₂ Cl [6-(4-fluorophenoxy)pyrimidin-4- A 3.40 454.2yl]oxymethyl F-6 NHCH₂CH₃ CH₂ Cl [1-(4-chlorophenyl)pyrazol-3-yl]oxy A2.12 428.1 F-7 N(CH₃)₂ CH₂ Cl 6-(4-fluorophenoxy)pyrimidin-4-yl A 3.15402.1 F-8 NHCH₃ CH₂ Br [4-(4-methoxy-3-methyl-phenyl)-2- A 2.78 508.0methyl-phenoxy]methyl F-9 NHCH₃ CH₂ OCH3 2-(6-methyl-2-pyridyl)ethyl A3.75 315.1 F-10 NHCH₃ CH₂ F [[amino-[4- A 3.38 400.5(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]methylene]amino]oxymethyl F-11 NHCH₃ C(CH₃)₂ Cl(3,5-dichlorophenoxy)methyl A 3.66 424.0 F-12 NHCH₃ C(CH₃)₂ Cl[6-(trifluoromethyl)-2-pyridyl]oxy A 2.72 411.1 F-13 NHCH₃ CH₂ Cl(Z)-C-methyl-N-[(6-methyl-2- A 2.18 362.2 pyridyl)methoxy]carbonimidoylHPLC MS=high performance liquid chromatography-coupled massspectrometry; HPLC methods:

-   -   A) Luna-C18(2) 2.00×50 mm, 5 μm; mobile phase: A: water+0.056%        tri-fluoroacetic acid (TFA); B: acetonitrile+0056% TFA;        gradient: 10-80% B in 4.00 minutes; 80% B 0.90 min; flow: 0.8        ml/min at 40° C. MS: quadrupole electrospray ionization        (positive mode).

Example F-1

(5-bromo-2-chloro-phenyl)methyl N-methylcarbamate

A suspension of (5-bromo-2-chloro-phenyl)methanol (4.4 g, 20 mmol) indry tetrahydrofurane (THF) 30 mL was cooled to 0° C. and sodium hydride(880 mg, 22 mmol) was added in small portions. After stirring at roomtemperature for 30 minutes a solution of methylcarbamic chloride (2.2 g,24 mmol) in THF (5 mL) was added dropwise while maintaining thetemperature at 0° C. Then the mixture was heated to reflux and stirredovernight. An aqueous NH₄Cl solution was added, the solution wasextracted with ethylacetate (EtOAc), the organic layer was dried overNa₂SO₄ and concentrated under reduced pressure. Purification by columnchromatography gave (5-bromo-2-chloro-phenyl)methyl N-methylcarbamate asa white solid (3.2 g, 58%).

(5-acetyl-2-chloro-phenyl)methyl N-methylcarbamate

Under an inert atmosphere (5-bromo-2-chloro-phenyl)methylN-methylcarbamate (2.8 g, 10.0 mmol) and tributyl(1-ethoxyvinyl)stannane(4.3 g, 12.0 mmol) was dissolved in 1, 4-dioxane (15 mL) andPd(PPh₃)₄(510 mg, 0.5 mmol) was added to the mixture. The mixture washeated to 100° C. and stirred overnight. After cooling to roomtemperature the mixture was extracted with EtOAc and the organic layerwas dried over Na₂SO₄ and concentrated under reduced pressure.Purification by column chromatography gave(5-acetyl-2-chloro-phenyl)methyl N-methylcarbamate (961 mg, 40%) as apale white solid.

[2-chloro-5-[(E)-N-hydroxy-C-methyl-carbonimidoyl]phenyl]methylN-methylcarbamate

N,N-diisopropylethylamine (530 mg, 4.1 mmol) was added to a solution of(5-acetyl-2-chloro-phenyl)methyl N-methylcarbamate (650 mg, 2.7 mmol)and hydroxylamine (210 mg, 3.0 mmol) in ethanol (EtOH) (15 mL). Themixture was heated to reflux and stirred overnight. Concentration invacuum, extraction with EtOAc and water followed by drying of theorganic layer over Na₂SO₄ gave the crude oxime. Purification by columnchromatography gave[2-chloro-5-[(E)-N-hydroxy-C-methyl-carbonimidoyl]phenyl]methylN-methylcarbamate as a white solid (467 mg, 73%).

[2-chloro-5-[(E)-C-methyl-N-[(6-methyl-2-pyridyl)methoxy]carbonimidoyl]phenyl]methylN-methylcarbamate

[2-chloro-5-[(E)-N-hydroxy-C-methyl-carbonimidoyl]phenyl]methylN-methylcarbamate (500 mg, 1.9 mmol) and2-(bromomethyl)-6-methylpyridine (720 mg, 3.9 mmol) were dissolved indimethyl formamide (DMF) (35 mL). Then K₂CO₃ (810 mg, 5.8 mmol) wasadded and the mixture was stirred at room temperature overnight. Afterthe addition of water, the solution was extracted with EtOAc and theorganic layer was dried over Na₂SO₄. Concentration and purification bypreparative HPLC yielded in[2-chloro-5-[(E)-C-methyl-N-[(6-methyl-2-pyridyl)methoxy]carbonimidoyl]phenyl]methylN-methylcarbamate (190 mg, 28%) as a pale white solid and in itsZ-isomer (160 mg, 23%) as a white solid.

Example F-11

2-(5-bromo-2-chloro-phenyl)propan-2-ol

To a solution of methyl 5-bromo-2-chloro-benzoate (31 g, 0.125 mol) inTHF (350 mL) was added (CH₃)MgBr (91.6 mL, 0.275 mol) at −78° C. underan inert atmosphere. It was stirred at −78° C. for 2 hours. The mixturewas quenched with aqueous NH₄Cl, extracted with EtOAc, washed withbrine, dried over Na₂SO₄ and concentrated to obtain2-(5-bromo-2-chloro-phenyl)propan-2-ol (33 g) which was used withoutfurther purification.

[1-(5-bromo-2-chloro-phenyl)-1-methyl-ethoxy]-tert-butyl-dimethyl-silane

To a solution of 2-(5-bromo-2-chloro-phenyl)propan-2-ol (5 g, 20 mmol)in CH₂Cl₂ (100 mL) was added 2,6-lutidine (4.7 g, 34 mmol) andtrimethylsilyl trifluoromethanesulfonate (TBSOTf) (10 g, 30 mmol) atroom temperature and the mixture was stirred overnight. The solvent wasevaporated under reduced pressure and the crude product was purified bycolumn chromatography (petrol ether: ETOAc=100:1) to obtain[1-(5-bromo-2-chloro-phenyl)-1-methyl-ethoxy]-tert-butyl-dimethyl-silane(7 g, 97%).

[3-[1-[tert-butyl(dimethyl)silyl]oxy-1-methyl-ethyl]-4-chloro-phenyl]methanol

To a solution of[1-(5-bromo-2-chloro-phenyl)-1-methyl-ethoxy]-tert-butyl-dimethyl-silane(5.8 g, 16 mmol) in THF (250 mL) was added n-butyl-Li (7.7 mL, 19 mmol)at −78° C. under nitrogen protection. It was stirred at −78° C. for 2hours. Dry-ice (8.36 g, 190 mmol) was added to the mixture at −78° C.and it was stirred at room temperature overnight. Aqueous NH₄Cl wasadded and the resulting solution was extracted with EtOAc, washed withbrine, dried over Na₂SO₄ and concentrated to obtain the crude acid (6g). The crude acid was dissolved in THF (70 mL) and BH₃-THF (41 mL, 41mmol) was added at 0° C. under nitrogen protection. It was stirred atroom temperature overnight. After addition of water the solution wasextracted with EtOAc, washed with brine, dried over Na₂SO₄ andconcentrated in vacuum to obtain[3-[1-[tert-butyl(dimethyl)silyl]oxy-1-methyl-ethyl]-4-chloro-phenyl]methanol(5.8 g, 90%).

tert-butyl-[1-[2-chloro-5-[(3,5-dichlorophenoxy)methyl]phenyl]-1-methyl-ethoxy]-dimethyl-silane

To a solution of[3-[1-[tert-butyl(dimethyl)silyl]oxy-1-methyl-ethyl]-4-chloro-phenyl]methanol(3.13 g, 10 mmol), 3,5-dichlorophenol (1.63 g, 10 mmol) andtriphenylphosphine (3.15 g, 12 mmol) in THF (100 mL) at 0° C. was addeddropwise diethyl azodicarboxylate (2.1 g, 12 mmol) over a period of 5min and the reaction was stirred at room temperature overnight.

The mixture was extracted with EtOAc, washed with brine, dried overNa₂SO₄ and purified by column chromatography to obtaintert-butyl-[1-[2-chloro-5-[(3,5-dichlorophenoxy)methyl]phenyl]-1-methyl-ethoxy]-dimethyl-silane(1.5 g, 34%).

2-[2-chloro-5-[(3,5-dichlorophenoxy)methyl]phenyl]propan-2-ol

A solution oftert-butyl-[1-[2-chloro-5-[(3,5-dichlorophenoxy)methyl]phenyl]-1-methyl-ethoxy]-dimethyl-silane(2.6 g, 5.7 mmol) and tetrabutylammoniumfluorid (TBAF) (2.6 g) in THF(20 mL) was stirred at room temperature overnight. The mixture wasextracted with EtOAc, washed with brine, dried over Na₂SO₄ andconcentrated. The crude alcohol was purified by column chromatography toyield in 2-[2-chloro-5-[(3,5-dichlorophenoxy)-methyl]phenyl]propan-2-ol(1.6 g, 81.9%).

[1-[2-chloro-5-[(3,5-dichlorophenoxy)methyl]phenyl]-1-methyl-ethyl]N-methylcarbamate

To a solution of2-[2-chloro-5-[(3,5-dichlorophenoxy)methyl]phenyl]propan-2-ol (500 g,1.45 mmol) in CH₂Cl₂ (10 mL) was added pyridine (229 mg, 2.9 mmol) and4-nitrophenyl carbonochloridate (352 mg, 1.74 mmol) and the solution wasstirred at room temperature for 1 hour. Then (CH₃)NH₂-THF (0.87 mL, 1.74mmol) and N,N-diisopropylethylamine (374 mg, 2.9 mmol) was addeddropwise to the mixture and it was stirred at room temperature foranother 1 hour. The mixture was extracted with CH₂Cl₂ (50 mL×3), washedwith 0.5M HCl solution (50 mL×2). The organic layer was dried overNa₂SO₄ and concentrated under reduced pressure. Purification bypreparative TLC resulted in[1-[2-chloro-5-[(3,5-dichlorophenoxy)methyl]phenyl]-1-methyl-ethyl]N-methylcarbamate(80 mg, 14%).

I. Examples of the Action Against Harmful Fungi I.1. Microtiter Tests

The activity against phytopathogenic fungi could be demonstrated by thetreatment of fungal spore suspensions and analysis of the growth inmicroplates using a robot system.

The tests were done in 96 well microtiter plates. The compounds weretransferred as solutions in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) into empty plates,followed by a spore suspension of the fungus of interest in a nutrientsolution. The compounds were tested either in a single dose or as serialdilution in 10 doses. Each plate contained 8 solvent control wells and 8reference wells containing a known fungicide. The plates were incubatedat 23° C. and 90% relative humidity. Fungal growth was assessed bymeasuring the optical density at 620 nm immediately after treatment and10 times in intervals of 15 hours.

In order to calculate the activity of a compound on a given dose, theoptical density values of each measurement of a compound is comparedwith those of the control and the reference, giving results from 0 to 1.The antifungal activity increases with increasing values. ED₅₀ valuescan be obtained from the dilution series.

A compound having an activity value ≦0.75 at 31 ppm or an ED₅₀ value ≧31ppm is considered as fungicidal active.

The in-vitro activity of compounds F-1-, F-2, F-3, F-4, F-5, F-6, F-7,and F-10 against four important phytopathogenic fungi was investigatedand was observed as follows:

fungus Activity shown for compounds Botrytis cinerea F-1, F-3, F-10Phytophthera infestans F-1 Pyricularia oryzae F-1, F-5, F-6, F-7, F-10Septoria tritici F-1, F-2, F-3, F-4, F-6

I.2. Glass House Trials

The spray solutions were prepared in several steps:

The stock solution was prepared as follows: 0.84 ml of a 1:1 mixture ofcyclohexanone and dimethylsulfoxide was added to 16.8 mg of activeingredient. Next, 27.16 ml of a mixture of water, acetone (10%), theemulsifier Wettol (0.1%) and the wetting agent Silwet (0.05%) was added.

This stock solution was then further diluted with the describedsolvent-emulsifier-water mixture to the desired concentrations. Twodifferent compound applications were used: “protective, P1” and“curative, K1”, where the first means that the compound solution isapplied a day before the fungus while the latter represents the oppositeordering.

Control of Leaf Blotch on Wheat Caused by Septoria tritici (SEPTTR_P1)

Leaves of pot-grown wheat seedling were sprayed to run-off with anaqueous suspension of F-1 (300 ppm), prepared as described. The plantswere allowed to air-dry. At the following day the plants were inoculatedwith an aqueous spore suspension of Septoria tritici. Then the trialplants were immediately transferred to a humid chamber at 18-22° C. anda relative humidity close to 100%. After 4 days the plants weretransferred to a chamber with 18-22° C. and a relative humidity close to70%. After 4 weeks the extent of fungal attack on the leaves wasvisually assessed and showed 30% or less infection compared to untreatedplants.

1-14. (canceled)
 15. A compound of the formula I

wherein: R¹ is selected from the group consisting of halogen, cyano,C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₁-C₆-alkoxy, C₂-C₆-alkenyl, C₂-C₆-alkenyloxy,C₂-C₆-alkynyl, C₃-C₆-alkynyloxy, C₁-C₆-alkylthio, C₁-C₆-alkylsulfinyl,C₁-C₆-alkylsulfonyl, C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl and C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₄-alkyl;wherein the aliphatic and alicyclic moieties of R¹ are unsubstituted orsubstituted by 1, 2, 3 or up to the maximum number of identical ordifferent groups R^(1a); wherein R^(1a) is selected from the groupconsisting of halogen, hydroxy, cyano, nitro, C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₁-C₄-alkoxy,C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl, C₁-C₄-haloalkyl and C₁-C₄-haloalkoxy; R² is selectedfrom the group consisting of halogen, hydroxy, cyano, C₁-C₆-alkyl,C₁-C₆-alkoxy, C₂-C₆-alkenyl, C₂-C₆-alkenyloxy, C₂-C₆-alkynyl,C₃-C₆-alkynyloxy, C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl and C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₄-alkyl;wherein the aliphatic and alicyclic moieties of R² are unsubstituted orsubstituted by 1, 2, 3 or up to the maximum number of identical ordifferent groups R^(2a); wherein R^(2a) is selected from the groupconsisting of halogen, hydroxy, cyano, nitro, C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₁-C₄-alkoxy,C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl, C₁-C₄-haloalkyl and C₁-C₄-haloalkoxy; r is 0, 1, 2 or3; L is a direct bond or a divalent group selected from the groupconsisting of —OCH₂—, —CH₂—, —CH₂CH₂—, —O—, —CH₂—O—N═C(Z)—, —O—N═C(Z)—,—C(Z)═N—O—CH₂—, —CHZ—C(Z)═N—O—CH₂—, —O—N═C(Z)—C(Z)═N—O—CH₂—,—C(═O)—C(Z)═N—O—CH₂— and —C(═N—O—Z)—C(Z)═N—O—CH₂—; wherein the bonddepicted on the left side of the divalent group L is attached to R³, andthe bond depicted on the right side is attached to the phenyl ring;wherein Z is independently selected from the group consisting ofhydrogen, amino, C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₁-C₄-haloalkyl andC₁-C₆-alkoxyimino-C₁-C₄-alkyl; R³ is phenyl or a 5- or 6-memberedaromatic heterocycle, wherein the ring member atoms of the heterocycleinclude besides carbon atoms 1, 2, 3 or 4 heteroatoms independentlyselected from the group consisting of N, O and S; wherein the cyclicgroups R³ are unsubstituted or substituted by 1, 2, 3, 4 or up to themaximum possible number of identical or different groups R^(3a); whereinR^(3a) is selected from the group consisting of amino, halogen, hydroxy,nitro, cyano, carboxyl, C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₂-C₆-alkenyl, C₂-C₆-alkynyl,C₁-C₆-alkoxy, C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl, C₃-C₆-cycloalkenyl, C₂-C₆-alkenyloxy,C₃-C₆-alkynyloxy, C₁-C₆-alkoxyimino-C₁-C₄-alkyl,C₂-C₆-alkenyloxyimino-C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₃-C₆-alkynyloxyimino-C₁-C₄-alkyl,C₁-C₆-alkylamino, C(═O)—(C₁-C₆-alkyl), C(═O)—(C₁-C₆-alkoxy), phenyl,naphthyl and a 3- to 10-membered saturated, partially unsaturated oraromatic mono- or bicyclic heterocycle, wherein the ring member atoms ofthe heterocycle include besides carbon atoms 1, 2, 3 or 4 heteroatomsindependently selected from the group consisting of N, O and S as ringmember atoms; and wherein 1 or 2 carbon ring member atoms of the carbo-and heterocycle may be replaced by 1 or 2 groups independently selectedfrom the group consisting of C(═O) and C(═S); and wherein theaforementioned phenyl and heterocycle groups R^(3a) are attached to R³via a direct bond, an oxygen or sulfur atom, the latter two atomsforming a linker between said residues; and wherein the aliphatic orcyclic groups R^(3a) are unsubstituted or substituted by 1, 2 or 3 or upto the maximum possible number of identical or different groups R^(3b);wherein R^(3b) is selected from the group consisting of halogen,hydroxy, nitro, cyano, carboxyl, C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₁-C₆-alkoxy,C₂-C₆-alkenyl, C₂-C₆-alkenyloxy, C₂-C₆-alkynyl, C₃-C₆-alkynyloxy,C₁-C₆-alkoxyimino-C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₂-C₆-alkenyloxyimino-C₁-C₄-alkyl,C₃-C₆-alkynyloxyimino-C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₁-C₆-alkylthio, C₁-C₆-alkylsulfinyl,C₁-C₆-alkylsulfonyl, C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl, C₃-C₆-cycloalkenyl, phenyl and a5- or 6-membered saturated, partially unsaturated or aromaticheterocycle; wherein the ring member atoms of the heterocycle includebesides carbon atoms 1, 2 or 3 heteroatoms independently selected fromthe group consisting of N, O and S as ring member atoms; and wherein 1or 2 carbon ring member atoms of the carbo- and heterocycle may bereplaced by 1 or 2 groups independently selected from the groupconsisting of C(═O) and C(═S); and wherein the aforementioned cyclicgroups R^(3b) are attached to R^(3a) via a direct bond, an oxygen orsulfur atom, the latter two atoms forming a linker between saidresidues; and wherein the aliphatic or cyclic groups R^(3b) areunsubstituted or substituted by 1, 2 or 3 or up to the maximum possiblenumber of identical or different groups selected from the groupconsisting of halogen, C₁-C₆-alkyl and C₁-C₆-haloalkyl; Q is a divalentgroup selected from the group consisting of —(NQ^(a))- and—(CQ^(b)Q^(c))-; wherein Q^(a) is selected from the group consisting ofhydrogen, C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₁-C₆-alkoxy, C₂-C₆-alkenyl, C₂-C₆-alkenyloxy,C₂-C₆-alkynyloxy, C₂-C₆-alkynyl, C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl, phenyl-C₁-C₄-alkyl,heteroaryl-C₁-C₄-alkyl and C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₄-alkyl; wherein thealiphatic, alicyclic and aromatic moieties of Q^(a) are unsubstituted orsubstituted by 1, 2, 3 or up to the maximum number of identical ordifferent groups selected from the group consisting of halogen, hydroxy,cyano, nitro, C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₁-C₄-alkoxy, C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl,C₁-C₄-haloalkyl and C₁-C₄-haloalkoxy; Q^(b), Q^(c) are independentlyselected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen, cyano,C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₁-C₆-alkoxy, C₂-C₆-alkenyl, C₂-C₆-alkenyloxy,C₂-C₆-alkynyloxy, C₂-C₆-alkynyl, C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl andC₃-C₆-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₄-alkyl; wherein the aliphatic and alicyclicmoieties of Q^(b) and/or Q^(c) are unsubstituted or substituted by 1, 2,3 or up to the maximum number of identical or different groups selectedfrom the group consisting of halogen, hydroxy, cyano, nitro,C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₁-C₄-alkoxy, C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl, C₁-C₄-haloalkyl andC₁-C₄-haloalkoxy; or Q^(b) and Q^(c) together with the carbon atom towhich they are bound form a saturated or partially unsaturated 3-, 4-,5-, 6- or 7-membered carbocycle or a saturated or partially unsaturated3-, 4-, 5-, 6- or 7-membered heterocycle, wherein the heterocycleincludes beside carbon atoms 1, 2, 3 or 4 heteroatoms independentlyselected from the group consisting of N, O and S as ring member atoms;and wherein 1 or 2 carbon ring member atoms of the carbo- andheterocycle may be replaced by 1 or 2 groups independently selected fromthe group consisting of C(═O) and C(═S); and wherein the carbo- andheterocycle are unsubstituted or substituted by 1, 2, 3 or 4 identicalor different groups independently selected from the group consisting ofhalogen, hydroxy, cyano, nitro, C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₁-C₄-alkoxy,C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl, C₁-C₄-haloalkyl and C₁-C₄-haloalkoxy; Y is a divalentgroup selected from the group consisting of —O—, —S— and —(NY^(a))—;wherein Y^(a) is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen,C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₁-C₆-alkoxy, C₂-C₆-alkenyl, C₂-C₆-alkenyloxy,C₂-C₆-alkynyl, C₃-C₆-alkynyloxy, C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl and C₃-C₆-cycloalkoxy;wherein the aliphatic and alicyclic moieties of Y^(a) are unsubstitutedor substituted by 1, 2, 3 or up to the maximum number of identical ordifferent groups selected from the group consisting of hydrogen,halogen, cyano, nitro, C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₁-C₄-alkoxy, C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl,C₁-C₄-haloalkyl and C₁-C₄-haloalkoxy; R^(Y) is selected from the groupconsisting of hydrogen, C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₂-C₆-alkenyl, C₂-C₆-alkynyl,C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl, phenyl-C₁-C₄-alkyl and heteroaryl-C₁-C₄-alkyl; whereinthe aliphatic, alicyclic and aromatic moieties of R^(Y) areunsubstituted or substituted by 1, 2, 3 or up to the maximum number ofidentical or different groups selected from the group consisting ofhydrogen, halogen, cyano, nitro, C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₁-C₄-alkoxy,C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl, C₁-C₄-haloalkyl and C₁-C₄-haloalkoxy; W is O or S; Vis a divalent group —O—; and the N-oxides and the agriculturallyacceptable salts thereof.
 16. The compound of claim 15, wherein R¹ isselected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, cyano, CH₃ and OCH₃.17. The compound of claim 15, wherein L is —OCH₂—, wherein the bonddepicted on the left side of the group —OCH₂— is attached to R³ and thebond depicted on the right side is attached to the phenyl ring.
 18. Thecompound of claim 15, wherein L is —CH₂—O—N═C(Z)— or —O—N═C(Z)—; whereinthe bond depicted on the left side of said groups is attached to R³ andthe bond depicted on the right side is attached to the phenyl ring;wherein Z is as defined in claim
 15. 19. The compound of claim 15,wherein L is a direct bond.
 20. The compound of claim 15, wherein L is—O—.
 21. The compound of claim 15, wherein the group R³ is a pyridinylring, which is attached to L in 2-position and which is furtherunsubstituted or substituted by 1, 2 or 3 identical or different groupsR^(3a) as defined in claim
 15. 22. The compound of claim 15, wherein Wis O.
 23. The compound of claim 15, wherein Q is —CH₂—, —NH— or —NCH₃—.24. An agrochemical composition which comprises an auxiliary and atleast one compound of formula I or an N-oxide or an agriculturallyacceptable salt thereof, as defined in claim
 15. 25. The agrochemicalcomposition of claim 24, comprising at least one further activesubstance.
 26. A method for combating phytopathogenic harmful fungi,which process comprises treating the fungi or the materials, plants, thesoil or seeds to be protected against fungal attack, with an effectiveamount of at least one compound of formula I or an N-oxide or anagriculturally acceptable salt thereof, as defined in claim
 15. 27. Aseed comprising the compound of formula I, or an N-oxide or anagriculturally acceptable salt thereof, as defined in claim 15, in anamount of from 0.1 g to 10 kg per 100 kg of seed.
 28. The method ofclaim 26, wherein, in the compound of formula I, R¹ is selected from thegroup consisting of F, Cl, Br, cyano, CH₃ and OCH₃.
 29. The method ofclaim 26, wherein, in the compound of formula I, L is —OCH₂—, whereinthe bond depicted on the left side of the group —OCH₂— is attached to R³and the bond depicted on the right side is attached to the phenyl ring.30. The method of claim 26, wherein, in the compound of formula I, L is—CH₂—O—N═C(Z)— or —O—N═C(Z)—; wherein the bond depicted on the left sideof said groups is attached to R³ and the bond depicted on the right sideis attached to the phenyl ring; wherein Z is as defined in claim
 15. 31.The method of claim 26, wherein, in the compound of formula I, L is adirect bond.
 32. The method of claim 26, wherein, in the compound offormula I, L is —O—.
 33. The method of claim 26, wherein, in thecompound of formula I, the group R³ is a pyridinyl ring, which isattached to L in 2-position and which is further unsubstituted orsubstituted by 1, 2 or 3 identical or different groups R^(3a) as definedin claim
 15. 34. The method of claim 26, wherein, in the compound offormula I, W is O.
 35. The method of claim 26, wherein, in the compoundof formula I, Q is —CH₂—, —NH— or —NCH₃—.